Pack Definition
- To cease work or activity:
Let's pack it in for the day.
- to give up or stop trying, as in discouragement
- to dismiss (a person) abruptly
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Pack
- pack it in
- pack it in
- send packing
Origin of Pack
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From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack"). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack"), Low German pack (“pack"), German Pack (“pack"), Swedish packe (“pack"), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package").
From Wiktionary
Middle English pak possibly of Low German origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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