pack up[verb]Synonyms:- put away, store
- stop, finish, give up, pack in
(Brit. informal)- break down, conk out
(informal), fail
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pack up phrasal verb (
see also pack)
1. to put things into cases, bags etc ready for a trip somewhere:
Most of the holidaymakers had packed up and gone.pack something ↔ up I gave her a hand packing up her clothes and stuff.2. pack something ↔ up to put something into a box or other container, so that it can be moved, sold, or stored:
Don’t worry. The removal men will pack everything up.3. informal to finish work at the end of the day:
‘What time do you pack up?’ ‘Oh, about six.’4. British English informal if a machine packs up, it stops working because there is something wrong with it
Synonym : pack in:
The photocopier’s packed up again.5. pack something ↔ up British English informal to stop doing something, especially a job:
He packed up his teaching job after only three months. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲