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pack one's bags

pack one's bags verb: to get ready to leave a place of living and leave.

Verb

pack one's bags (third-person singular simple present packs one's bags, present participle packing one's bags, simple past and past participle packed one's bags)

  1. (figuratively, informal) To get ready to leave a place of living and leave.

Forms of pack one's bags

third-person singular presentpacks one's bags
present participlepacking one's bags
past participlepacked one's bags
pastpacked one's bags

Questions about pack one's bags

What does pack one's bags mean?
Pack one's bags means to get ready to leave a place of living and leave.
What part of speech is pack one's bags?
Pack one's bags is a verb.
What is the past tense of pack one's bags?
The past tense of pack one's bags is packed one's bags.

Words near pack one's bags in the dictionary

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

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