pack up

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

The final shot of Jane and her crew packing up in the big empty soundstage as Valerie walks away is very moving, in the way that this season has been so much about the loss of investment in the craft of filmmaking. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 May 2026

The photographer Christopher Anderson was moving to Europe, going through storage, looking at old pictures—a familiar exercise when packing up apartments. —Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026

Surveying the space they’re tasked with protecting, the two men grouse about the incessant noise of FedEx workers packing up storefronts on rolling large cardboard boxes toward the exits. —Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026

Eight children, including York’s grandmother Rosalinda Rodriguez, packed up their belongings. —Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 May 2026

Rhymes for pack up

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