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pack in; pack up
verb
to stop; to cease an activity; to retire from work; (of a machine, etc) to stop working because of a fault US, 1942- All croakers [doctors] “pack in” sooner or later. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 36, 1953
- Let’s just pack it in an hour early. — Heathers, 1988
- SM: What does your mum say? Phil: She tells us both to pack it in. She usually blames it on me sister. — Sara McNamee, Cool Places, p. 198, 1998
- But although it’s a five-year project, I’m packing it in next month and coming back home — The Guardian, 23 January 1999
- His mother died last year and he seriously thought of packing up the game. — The Guardian, 7 October 2002
- Rhiannon, the new operator of the cafe, is having her own problems: the oven packed up the day she took over. — The Guardian, 2 September 2003
▶ pack up shop
to cease trading UK- The legislature [Scottish Assembly] that packed up shop on Thursday is better than almost anybody hoped for–and certainly not the overblown parish council that some thought it might be. — The Observer, 30 March 2003
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