pack+off

  • 11pack off — informal we packed our youngest son off to college just last week Syn: send off, dispatch, bundle off …

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  • 12pack off — launch, send away …

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  • 13Pack — Pack, v. i. 1. To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation. [1913 Webster] 2. To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a… …

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  • 14pack — pack1 W3S2 [pæk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(clothes)¦ 2¦(goods)¦ 3¦(crowd)¦ 4¦(protect something)¦ 5¦(snow/soil etc)¦ 6 pack your bags 7 pack a gun 8 pack a (hard/hefty/strong etc) punch Phrasal verbs  pack something<=>away …

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  • 15pack — pack1 /pak/, n. 1. a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, esp. one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker s pack. 2. a definite quantity or standard measure of… …

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  • 16pack — I. /pæk / (say pak) noun 1. a quantity of anything wrapped or tied up; a parcel; a packet. 2. a wrapped or otherwise contained load carried on the back by a person or by an animal. 3. a. → backpack (defs 1 and 2). b. a soldier s backpack. 4. the… …

  • 17pack — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, abound with, accumulation, ace, adulterate, age group, amassment, amount, army, assemblage, assembly, backing, backpack, bag, baggage, bale, band, bar, barrel, barricade, basket, batch, battalion …

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  • 18pack — pack1 [ pæk ] verb *** ▸ 1 put in container to move ▸ 2 protect in container ▸ 3 fill place completely ▸ 4 press to hard solid mass ▸ 5 carry gun ▸ 6 meeting/committee ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to put your possessions into a bag …

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  • 19pack — I [[t]pæk[/t]] n. 1) a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, esp. one carried on the back of an animal or person 2) cvb a definite quantity or standard measure of merchandise together with its wrapping… …

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  • 20pack — [[t]pæ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ packs, packing, packed 1) VERB When you pack a bag, you put clothes and other things into it, because you are leaving a place or going on holiday. [V n] When I was 17, I packed my bags and left home... [V n] I decided to pack a… …

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