Antonyms for pack up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pak

Phonetic Transcription : pæk

Definition of pack up

Origin : "bundle," early 13c., probably from a Low German word (cf. Middle Dutch pac, pack "bundle," Middle Low German pak, Middle Flemish pac, attested from late 12c.), originally a term of wool traders in Flanders; or possibly from Old Norse pakki. All are of unknown origin.
Italian pacco is a Dutch loan word; French pacque probably is from Flemish. Meaning "set of persons" (usually of a low character) is c.1300, older than sense of "group of hunting animals" (early 15c.). Extended to collective sets of playing cards (1590s), floating ice (1791), cigarettes (1924), and submarines (1943). Meaning "knapsack on a frame" is attested from 1916. Pack of lies first attested 1763.

As in evacuate : verb clear an area; empty

Example sentences :

And now I must pack up a few necessaries in my bag, and be off to Mr. Brunton's.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

It began to seem to her as if the invader might pack up her mother's treasures and walk off with them.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

Can I be of any service in assisting you to pack up, Mrs. Lee?
Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger

And then after a conference, it was decided by all hands to pack up and go home.
Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer

I remember I cried when we had to pack up all of a sudden and go into other lodgings.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

I have all my things to pack up, so we can start off travelling right away.
Extract from : « Funny Little Socks » by Sarah. L. Barrow

Now we are both relieved from other duty, so we will pack up our kit.
Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty

Pack up and get everything down to the boat and wait there until I come.'
Extract from : « An Old Meerschaum » by David Christie Murray

I took no notice of the order, but continued to pack up my things.
Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic

I can write no more, my Marcia, for I have got to pack up my cloaths.
Extract from : « Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782 » by Lucinda Lee Orr

Synonyms for pack up

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