PACK UP


Meaning of PACK UP in English

1.

If you ~ or if you ~ your things, you put your possessions or the things you have been using in a case or bag, because you are leaving.

They packed up and went home...

He began packing up his things.

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n (not pron), also V n P

2.

If a machine or a part of the body packs up, it stops working. (BRIT INFORMAL)

In the end it was his stomach and lungs that packed up...

PHRASAL VERB: V P

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