pack your bag

pack (one's) bag(s)

To leave some place or a position (especially one's job) and not come back. Often used as an imperative. They told me to pack my bags after they caught me sleeping at my desk. I've had enough of you, Dan. Pack your bags and get out of my house!
See also: pack
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pack your bag (or bags)

put your belongings in a bag or suitcase in preparation for your imminent departure.
See also: bag, pack
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • come in
  • come in a certain position
  • come on in
  • cough it up
  • Cough it up!
  • be off
  • count (one) in on (something)
  • beeswax
  • buzz off
  • count in
References in classic literature
Go put on your black dress and pack your bag. I'd give a good deal if I was able to go to my sister's funeral and prove that I've forgotten and forgiven all she said when I was married.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
Get the first active servant you can find in the house to pack your bag in ten minutes, take leave of the admiral, and come back at once with me to the London train."
No Name
focuses its health and wellness efforts on senior citizens with the "Pack Your Bag" medication consultation program.
Helping hand extended to seniors
* Pack your bag the night before; legend has it that Carl Lewis once forgot his running shorts.
Making sense of performance gels
CVS has also partnered with NCOA on a "Pack Your Bag" program, administered at participating senior centers across the nation.
Seniors are offered a helping hand
In conjunction with the National Council on Aging, CVS Caremark has introduced the "Pack Your Bag" program, which will be administered at participating senior centers across the nation.
Rx initiative reaches out to senior citizens
Pack your bag and perform an evening's work from there, or from a friend's house as you watch the game.
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Twitter user Warren Faulkner, posting as @foggyneiinfidel replied: "Great news...you can pack your bags, youre (sic) going home...BYE THEN."
Campaigner told 'go home'
Tell your wife this, pack your bags and get a place of your own so you can take girls you meet at nightclubs to your place.
Dear MIRIAM: FIND WAYS TO SPARK PASSION; YOUR VERDICT
has a message for Argentina ahead of their quarter-final meeting with hosts Germany on Friday - hit top form or pack your bags for home.
Football: Worldcup ROUND-UP - Argies warned; THE 2006 WORLD CUP
"Unfortunately, you can't just pack your bags and go," she notes.
Golden rules for traveling with HIV: key guidelines and precautions for the positive traveler to make vacationing easily enjoyable, not life-threatening
237 - 'Did anybody you don't know help pack your bags?'
Tam Cowan: Alive and kicking
A TELLING you to pack your bags would be the sweetest language this man has used in quite some time.
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And as you reluctantly pack your bags, you'll regret that you couldn't explore more.
The Road to Mandalay