as in to exit
to leave a place often for another
with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pack (up or off)
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The big exited Barclays Center that night in a walking boot and stayed in New York Friday to undergo further imaging and evaluation while the team traveled to Seattle to begin a four-game roadtrip.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2025 -
In fan footage shared online, Kelce could be seen shaking a restaurant employee's hand before exiting the building, as Swift followed closely behind.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
21 June 2025
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Wales have done well under Wilkinson to move away from a hardened reputation as being Fishlock’s team and become more of a sum of their parts.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Employees are held to high speed standards, with some scanning up to 1,200 items an hour to keep lines moving.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
26 June 2025
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Macron and Trump exchanged barbs earlier in the week after Trump departed the G7 summit early as the conflict between Iran and Israel mounted.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
20 June 2025
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And even the great man had to battle at times for a dollar before departing to take Ferrari's moola.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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But should the Kremlin begin to run out of money or soldiers, China’s willingness to bail out its ally is very much in doubt.—
Leon Aron,
The Atlantic,
29 June 2025
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An inning before that, he was bailed out by his defense after his lone walk, when Miguel Rojas turned a spinning double-play up the line at third base to erase the free pass.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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As New York closed in on Tuesday's vote, more investors got nervous as the polls showed Mamdani was leading.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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Daniels gets his guy Aiyuk, who's the younger, and potentially better receiver.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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The transponders onboard Relay 2 stopped responding to radio signals in June 1967, after which point the satellite went silent—until last June.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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The change will go into effect in the fall, and in the interim, colleges will have to validate the identity of certain first-time applicants who are enrolled in the summer term.—
Kaitlyn Huamani,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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However, Arias would die in 1959 at age 58, leaving the song’s existence publicly unknown until 2006, when Roger Arias II, her grandson, dug out drafts of the sheet music and drafts hidden in the garage.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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The leadership change comes as Stellantis is still digging out from a rough 2024, when net profits plunged 70% and the company burned through over €6 billion in cash.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
28 May 2025
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Almost three hours after the vote began, Johnson, Lee, Scott and Lummis walked out of Thune’s office with Vice President Vance and headed to the Senate floor to cast the final votes to advance the bill.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
29 June 2025
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Hall walks out to applause, welcoming the TamFam, bringing grace and grit to every second of airtime.—
Corein Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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“Pack (up or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20%28up%20or%20off%29. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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