How to Use pack up in a Sentence

pack up

phrasal verb
Definition of pack upnext
  • In fact, when packed up, the pet bowl can fit in the palm of your hand.
    — Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Legacy bolts away from the pack up to about 60 mph.
    — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
  • My boyfriend helped pack up my stuff and drove me to the airport.
    — TIME, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Your first and best option is to pack up, sell the house and move out of town.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
  • The makeshift soccer fields were packed up, but not for long.
    — Jenny Vrentas Isabella Moore, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • A couple of months later, Nicole was back in Texas to pack up the house.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • All the humans packed up, cleaned up, and cleared out, and the playa was empty and silent again.
    — Hazlitt, 1 Nov. 2023
  • So the Parkers packed up the fish and took it home to the lake on their property.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2024
  • In the field, the gear could be set up in a tent, packed up and moved at a moment’s notice.
    — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Groups that had cheered at points during the speech packed up slowly and left.
    — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The pair pack up and head to the sidewalk on the north end of Monument Circle to try again.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2023
  • David has spent the past few months trying to get the factory packed up and closed.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Film equipment is pulled out of the bedroom as the crew packs up for the next scene, a picnic with Bieber.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Emily O’Brien is packing up her wigs and getting the heck out of Salem — again.
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 Aug. 2024
  • School’s out, so lots of families are packing up the car and hitting the road.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 July 2024
  • At least once a year, my mom packed up my sister and I to stay at her childhood home in Princes Town.
    — Lesley Enston, Bon Appétit, 3 July 2023
  • Most of these are battery-powered and can pack up with a tent for transport.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • This piece packs up small and comes with a carrying bag to stow it into.
    — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2023
  • So, for the second time in a week, her family would pack up and make the risky trek to the border crossing.
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Well, the night of the black and white ball, we were packed up in our PJs and matching bathrobes and nightgown and checked into a hotel.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 17 June 2024
  • But perhaps the biggest drawback was the fact that the teams had to pack up and move before every game.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • And come August, Anna will pack up her life and make a two-hour drive to set up her new dorm room in Chapel Hill.
    — Currie Engel, Women's Health, 22 June 2023
  • Kozlova, 52, was packing up to head to Israel for the third time since Oct. 7.
    — Shira Pinson, NBC News, 14 June 2024
  • The tabletop easel is adjustable with a drawer for storing tools, as well as easy to pack up and store.
    — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Lay clothes out and pack up homework before bedtime to reduce the stress in the morning.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The day after our return to America, X would pack up his things and move out.
    — Sophie Yun Mancini, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The three of us plus robot pack up and head back to Šabanović’s R-House Lab at the university.
    — Kat McGowan, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • With just two days left of shows, most of the fashion circus will be packing up and heading out by mid-week.
    — Amy Verner, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The email, sent to residents and their families, caused students to scramble to pack up their rooms in under 24 hours.
    — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • On a warm March day—the kind that makes being indoors feel sacrilege—we were told to pack up for at least two weeks away and leave campus as soon as possible.
    — Grace McCarty, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024

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