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pack up
verb
to put (things) away in a proper or suitable place
informalto give up (an attempt) or stop doing (something)
if you don't do your work better, you might as well pack up
(intr) (of an engine, machine, etc) to fail to operate; break down
engineering to use packing to adjust the height of a component or machine before it is secured in its correct position or alignment
Example Sentences
"I don't know what my plans are - obviously pack up and go, me and my kids' safety is more important than staying in this house, than having it be petrol bombed while we're in it."
That business model has made GM, which operates three factories and employs some 11,000 workers in the country, uniquely exposed to Trump’s auto tariffs, resurfacing long-running concerns in the local automobile industry that the company may ultimately pack up and leave.
However, Lowe also suggested he would "make sure there's an alternative" to the existing political offerings, adding "if people think I'm going to pack up my tent to leave the field, they're very wrong."
How does an iconic team that has had just one home for the past 133 years pack up all that history, culture and tradition when it comes time to move across town?
Eventually, the “Good Trouble Fest” wound down, and the small crowd began to pack up their pamphlets and finish the last bites of their cake.
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