packed (up or off)

verb

Definition of packed (up or off)next
past tense of pack (up or off)
as in exited
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 packed (up or off)
  1. exited
  2. moved
  3. departed
  4. got
  5. cut out
  6. went
  7. bailed out
  8. walked out
Verb
  • Smaller events might use them to attract star names who have exited a bigger tournament early and need some match reps.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Athletics left-hander Brady Basso exited the game after just one out in the third inning.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of exited
Verb
  • Lala moved south of the Big Island on Sunday as a Category 1 hurricane, damaging or destroying more than 100 homes and cutting off some communities, according to the governor.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • When Airbnb moved an earlier cohort of hosts to the new structure last year, about 30% raised prices enough to fully offset the higher fee and another 30% partially offset it, according to an analysis by short-term rental data firm AirDNA.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of moved
Verb
  • Iranian officials were still making requests the day the flight departed, although one official wrote that those requests were denied.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Now Manchester City will have to replace him, as well as Guardiola who departed at the end of last season.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • One tenant said an officer got inside through a window and found the body.
    — Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • So a lot of that stuff got removed from the film, and the movie got better for it.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of got
Verb
  • Others are keeping data analog longer, since early digitization is expensive and skipping it for certain operations cuts out a major power drain.
    — David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The sound just completely cut out — twice — while Cross was in mid-song, forcing him to stop the show and then try to figure out what to do next.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of cut out
Verb
  • With the patchwork lineup, the Giants had 10 hits and went an impressive 5-for-11 with runners in scoring position to help snap a four-game losing streak.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Atlanta Braves also activated a deal with Kalshi without a formal announcement around the start of August that went unnoticed by news media.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • The offense was bad last year (14th in the SEC in yards per play), and the defense bailed out the Sooners in some key games with defensive touchdowns.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • He cannot be bailed out of jail, per an order signed by Judge Rozlynn Silvaggio, records show.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of bailed out
Verb
  • Family friend Tuere Burns initially remained, but covered her eyes with her hand as the first photos were shown and then walked out of the courtroom, visibly shaken.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Seattle, which entered play with a minus-23 run differential, walked out of American Family Field with a minus-45 mark that somehow ranks as the third-best in what has been an ignominious American League West division.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of walked out
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“Packed (up or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packed%20%28up%20or%20off%29. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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