pack up

pack up

1. To give in.
2. To clear away.
3. To put back together.
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.

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. (of a machine) To break, to cease to function.
   • 1971, Flying Magazine, August 1971

     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.