pack in

verb

packed in; packing in; packs in
British, informal
: to stop or quit
I have no intention of packing in just yet.

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Positioned between those two main lamps, the UTL19 also packs in a green laser. — New Atlas, 10 Nov. 2026 Kentucky coffeetree seeds are not as heavy but are packed in brown armor. — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2026 After opening to $15 million in mid October, the movie has continues to pack in crowds, many of whom have returned to theaters to process and unpack the stranger-than-fiction film. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026 The agency chief flew in two jets and parachuted out of an airplane as part of NASA’s Max Power event, which featured an air show that packed in tens of thousands to the former space shuttle runway at Kennedy Space Center. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pack in

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“Pack in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pack%20in. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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