pack up

See also: pack-up

English

Verb

pack up (third-person singular simple present packs up, present participle packing up, simple past and past participle packed up)

1. To give in. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. To clear away and place into storage.
3. To put back together. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. To move one’s residence.

   After 5 months in Madrid, I've decided it is time to pack up.

5. To prepare for shipping, as a gift.

   Pack up the crates.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:

     Ashley: You're Dr. Warren, the one in charge of the excavation. Do you know what happened to the beacon?
     Dr. Warren: It was moved to the spaceport this morning. Manuel and I stayed behind to help pack up the camp.

6. (of things) To put into bags to prepare to move.
   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Julie DeLongpre: Is there anything I can do to help?

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Well, I guess maybe you could pack up your belongings-

     Julie: All right.

     And go back to wherever the hell you came from. Does that make sense? So, it does make sense? No?

7. (informal, of a machine) To break, to cease to function.
   • 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:

     The shop was driven by a hiccoughy old gas engine which sometimes packed up, to the great delight of all the juveniles.

   • 1968, CQ; the Radio Amateur's Journal, volume 24, numbers 7-12, page 52:

     Sitting mute, I watched the faint line of smoke fade into oblivion, and with it went the hopes of this CQ Contest... The Receiver power trannie had packed up.

   • 1971, Flying Magazine, August 1971‎^[1]:

     If I were asked which l'd rather be in, a single-engine Comanche or its double-breasted brother, at night after an engine packed up at 6,000 feet, I'd have to quickly choose the Twin Comanche.

8. (transitive, intransitive) To fill a pipe with cannabis for smoking.

   Ralph, it's your turn to pack up the bowl.

   The bong is already packed up.

Translations

to give in

• German: einpacken (de) (slang)

to clear away and place into storage

• German: wegpacken (de)

to put back together

• German: zusammenpacken (de)

to move one's residence

• German: (seine Sachen) packen

to prepare for shipping

• German: verpacken (de)

to prepare as a gift

• German: einwickeln (de), einschlagen (de) (in paper, plastic sheet or foil)

to put things in bags and prepare to move

• French: faire sa valise (fr)
• German: einpacken (de)
• Japanese: 荷造りする (ja) (にづくりする, nizukuri suru)
• Korean: 짐을 싸다 (jimeul ssada), 싸다 (ko) (ssada), 꾸리다 (ko) (kkurida)
• Latin: convāsō
• Maori: whakatakupe
• Russian: собира́ться (ru) impf (sobirátʹsja), собра́ться (ru) pf (sobrátʹsja), упако́вываться (ru) impf (upakóvyvatʹsja), упакова́ться (ru) pf (upakovátʹsja)

to break down (machine)

• German: den Geist aufgeben (de) (idiom, coll.), sich aufhängen (software)