Antonyms for packing up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pak

Phonetic Transcription : pæk

Definition of packing 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 :

I set about packing up for the journey, whither, I knew not.
Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)

So there is nothing now but packing up sofas, and pictures, and so on.
Extract from : « Letters of Edward FitzGerald » by Edward FitzGerald

Maud faltered something about packing up; pain in her eye; not her fault.
Extract from : « The Bill-Toppers » by Andre Castaigne

I am so busy in packing up my goods that I have no time to talk with thee any longer.
Extract from : « The History of John Bull » by John Arbuthnot

The servants in the palace were packing up what they could for so hurried a removal.
Extract from : « The Peasant and the Prince » by Harriet Martineau

As for packing up a dog, that is impossible; the best way is to pack it off.
Extract from : « Olla Podrida » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

Nonsense; you lent it to me last night when I was packing up our things.
Extract from : « To The West » by George Manville Fenn

And now you must think of packing up, and be off at dawn with the rest.
Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

It is just packing up their Gladstone bag, and off they go, as happy as you please.
Extract from : « Great Porter Square, v. 2 » by Benjamin Leopold Farjeon

One was packing up to go somewhere; one was told "the landlord wanted her."
Extract from : « Glimpses into the Abyss » by Mary Higgs

Synonyms for packing up

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