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 SYN 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.