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

To see how much this lack of chemical signaling mattered in the wild, the researchers packed up their sibling bean lines and headed to an experimental agricultural field in Oaxaca, Mexico. —Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026

Five months later, Ebbecke packed up her life and moved across the world. —Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026

Those who can take their time have the luxury of taking multiple moving trips, enlisting the help of family and friends, and packing up their place themselves. —Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026

Jules will step away from a giant canvas to reveal an eerily prescient work of art, pack up her paints, and drive away from her sugar daddy and off into the sunset. —Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026

Rhymes for pack up

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