pack in
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To include (especially of a large amount).
verb
To transport to base camp, especially by backpack.
Example Sentences
- "Goodbye, old sleepyhead / I'm packing you in like I said / Take care of everything / I'm leaving my wedding ring"
- "I rode 700 miles one day before packing it in for the night, yet after 15 minutes of rest in my hotel room, I realized that I could have gone farther."
- "As the Senate deliberated in Washington – and packed it in for the night without finalizing a deal — Obama brushed pressed House Democrats to finalize"
- "LAST year I was diagnosed with cervical cancer and had to pack in my job as a full-time cleaner as I needed chemo and radiotherapy"
- "Though co-star Keanu Reeves considered this new trip unnecessary, the "Speed 2" crew has packed in lots of references from the original."
- "An unexpected downside was a new generation of trains where the principal aim was to 'pack them in', leading to a sharp slump in ambience and passenger comfort."