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

Once those are completed, Roman will be packed up for shipment and will finally launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in September. —Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026

After the competition ended and awards were handed out, the participants packed up and got ready to head home. —Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026

Amy Morin and her husband packed up some clothing, their laptops, their dog and cat and made the move from a house in Maine to a sailboat in the Florida Keys in December 2015. —Amy Morin, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026

Every 26 days, Lauren and Adam Ewing and their two kids, ages 10 and 12, pack up their RV to spend 24 hours outside their semi-permanent campsite in central Florida. —Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for pack up

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