pack in
phrasal verbpack somebody in
- [no passive] (of plays, performers, etc.) to attract a lot of people to see it/them
- The show is still packing them in.
- The band can always pack in the crowds.
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pack something in
- (informal) to stop doing something synonym give up
- She decided to pack in her job.
- (especially British English) Pack it in (= stop behaving badly or annoying me), you two!
pack somebody/something in/into something
- to do a lot of things in a limited period of time
- You seem to have packed a lot into your life!
- to put a lot of things or people into a limited space synonym cram
- They've managed to pack a lot of information into a very small book.