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pack it in

pack it in verb: to cease; to give up; to stop trying.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To cease; to give up; to stop trying.

Forms of pack it in

third-person singular presentpacks it in
present participlepacking it in
past participlepacked it in
pastpacked it in

Questions about pack it in

What does pack it in mean?
Pack it in means to cease; to give up; to stop trying.
What part of speech is pack it in?
Pack it in is a verb.
What is the past tense of pack it in?
The past tense of pack it in is packed it in.

Words near pack it in in the dictionary

  1. pack hound
  2. pack hounds
  3. pack ice
  4. pack ices
  5. pack in
  6. pack it in
  7. pack journalism
  8. pack journalist
  9. pack journalists
  10. pack lunch
  11. pack lunches

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