- pack up someone
- pack up (someone)
to prepare someone to leave by gathering all their possessions.
When the teachers heard about a flood warning, they packed up the children and sent them home.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
pack up someone
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pack up — (someone) to prepare someone to leave by gathering all their possessions. When the teachers heard about a flood warning, they packed up the children and sent them home … New idioms dictionary
pack in — (Brit. informal) [verb] stop, cease, chuck (informal), give up or over, kick (informal) * * * pack in [phrasal verb] 1 Brit, informal : to stop or quit I have no intention of packing in just yet … Useful english dictionary
pack — Ⅰ. pack [1] ► NOUN 1) a cardboard or paper container and the items inside it. 2) Brit. a set of playing cards. 3) a collection of related documents. 4) a group of animals that live and hunt together. 5) chiefly derogatory a group or set of… … English terms dictionary
pack off — ˌpack ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pack off he/she/it packs off present participle packing off past tense … Useful english dictionary
pack someone off — ► pack someone off informal send someone somewhere peremptorily or without much notice. Main Entry: ↑pack … English terms dictionary
pack someone off — pack (someone) off to send someone away. We packed the kids off to their grandparents for the weekend … New idioms dictionary
pack off — pack (someone) off to send someone away. We packed the kids off to their grandparents for the weekend … New idioms dictionary
pack rat — n AmE informal someone who collects and stores things that they do not really need … Dictionary of contemporary English
pack rat — pack ,rat noun count 1. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL someone who keeps or collects a lot of different things, even when they are not useful or valuable 2. ) a small North American animal similar to a mouse that collects small objects … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pack — pack1 [ pæk ] verb *** ▸ 1 put in container to move ▸ 2 protect in container ▸ 3 fill place completely ▸ 4 press to hard solid mass ▸ 5 carry gun ▸ 6 meeting/committee ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to put your possessions into a bag … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
