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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Saks Global is one step closer to exiting bankruptcy.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026 -
Main Street owned roughly 15 channels, but at one point aired 30 MLB, NHL and NBA teams after exiting bankruptcy.—
Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Prisoners have been moved because of staffing, food, and capacity shortages at the facilities where they were being held.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The rain will start to clear out Sunday evening as the front moves through and begins to usher in drier, but cooler temperatures for next week.—
Bill Kelly,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Lock your home before departing.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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Delta Flight 104, an Airbus A330-300 carrying 272 passengers and 14 crew, had just departed São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport on Sunday when a mechanical problem struck its left engine, the airline confirmed to Fox News Digital.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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According to Bobby Corrigan, an urban rodentologist of more than 30 years, trying to suppress a rat population is like trying to bail out the ocean.—
Jason Bittel,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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A lot of people who get bailed out by family don’t admit it.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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Don’t hesitate to step away if things get too heated.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
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A lot of the Mustangs’ strategy against the Wolverines was to get the ball out wide and then double that kid and just try to frustrate Wakeland which Grapevine did time and time again.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Apr. 2026
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Could a straighter road make cars go faster?—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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To meet his growing costs, Meraj had increased the price of a cup of tea from ten rupees to fifteen, a fifty-per-cent rise (in New York terms, like a cup of drip coffee going from just shy of four dollars to nearly six overnight).—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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There will be an emphasis on the draft, as opposed to the lucrative contracts offered around like under previous GM Chris Grier, which now have Miami in a hole to dig out of.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2026
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When everything has a home, the daily scramble to find your keys or dig out a pair of shoes disappears.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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About 20 Thomas Jefferson Middle School students walked out of class Wednesday afternoon, carrying signs protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement practices, the latest in a series of protests against ICE.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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At Citi Field, as Díaz had already walked out to a live rendition of the song performed by Timmy Trumpet.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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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 4 Apr. 2026.
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