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pack away

pack away verb: to store away, place out of the way, or stash, especially for the longer term.

Verb

pack away (third-person singular simple present packs away, present participle packing away, simple past and past participle packed away)

  1. (transitive) To store away, place out of the way, or stash, especially for the longer term.
    • She packed away her warm sweaters for the summer.
    • Valentines Day has come and gone. Recordings of "What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love" have been packed away by the disc jockeys for another year. Candy in heart-shaped boxes now sells for half price.1974 February 16, A. Nolder Gay, “Beauty and the Beast”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 34, page 3
  2. (transitive) To eat (a great deal of food).
    • Have you ever seen someone pack away five hot dogs in one sitting?

Forms of pack away

third-person singular presentpacks away
present participlepacking away
past participlepacked away
pastpacked away

Questions about pack away

What does pack away mean?
Pack away means to store away, place out of the way, or stash, especially for the longer term.
What part of speech is pack away?
Pack away is a verb.
What is the past tense of pack away?
The past tense of pack away is packed away.

Words near pack away in the dictionary

  1. pack a wallop
  2. pack and play
  3. pack and plays
  4. pack animal
  5. pack animals
  6. pack away
  7. pack fudge
  8. pack heat
  9. pack horse
  10. pack horses
  11. pack hound

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