pack up

phrasal verb

packed up; packing up; packs up

1

: to gather one's belongings together and put them in a suitcase or other container for traveling

He packed up and left town.

2

British, informal : to stop or quit

She packs up when things become difficult.

3

British, informal : to stop working properly

The lift has packed up, so you'll have to take the stairs to her flat.

Examples of pack up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As Mauga and his friends packed up, a guy on the beach alerted them to some people in the water. —Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025

Just behind him, while packing up his things, receiver Tyquan Thornton overheard Worthy talking and spoke up — loud enough so the microphones could hear him. —Jesse Newell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

Williams took a new job in a new county in Georgia, sold his dream house, and packed up heaps of his Thomas memorabilia and left it in the middle of the floor. —Luca Evans, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025

In 2002, Bertino packed up his car and hit the road to Hollywood to pursue his filmmaking dreams. —Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for pack up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup