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pack on pounds

pack on pounds is the alternative form of pack on the pounds.

Meaning of pack on the pounds

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) To gain weight, especially as a result of vigorous or excessive eating.
    • For growing youngsters, this marvelous nourishment helps pack on the pounds, adds inches to height.1936, "Today, these healthy Dionne Quins had Quaker Oats" (advertisement), Windsor Daily Star (Canada), 3 Dec., p. 27 (retrieved 13 Nov 2010)

Forms of pack on pounds

third-person singular presentpacks on pounds
present participlepacking on pounds
past participlepacked on pounds
pastpacked on pounds

Questions about pack on pounds

What is pack on pounds the alternative form of?
Pack on pounds is the alternative form of pack on the pounds.

Words near pack on pounds in the dictionary

  1. pack mentality
  2. pack of cards
  3. pack of lies
  4. pack off
  5. pack on
  6. pack on pounds
  7. pack on the pounds
  8. pack one's bags
  9. pack out
  10. pack rat
  11. pack rats

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