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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In a recent case, a Chinese national was arrested at an airport in Kenya after trying to smuggle 2,200 live ants, most of them Messor cephalotes – packed in special tubes and hidden in his luggage.
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Playing in front of crowds like those packed in at Aronimink is a relatively uncomfortable experience for Smalley.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The largest wolf pack is the Whaleback pack in Siskiyou County, home to the Klamath National Forest.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Even for the readers who know roughly where the history is going, the context and analysis that Haygood packs in, and the tautness of his prose, offer new depths of understanding.
—The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Playing in front of crowds like those packed in at Aronimink is a relatively uncomfortable experience for Smalley.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The largest wolf pack is the Whaleback pack in Siskiyou County, home to the Klamath National Forest.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Even for the readers who know roughly where the history is going, the context and analysis that Haygood packs in, and the tautness of his prose, offer new depths of understanding.
—The Atlantic, 14 May 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 17 May. 2026.
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