to pack (one's) bags
- phrasal verb
- /pæk wʌnz bæɡz/
:
hacer las maletas
- We need to pack our bags before the flight leaves this afternoon.
Examples
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Rodney and Sheryl, pack your bags, you're going on an all-expense paid trip to Carmel, California.
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Did you pack your bags yourself?
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Most of them pack their bags.
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You and you, pack your bags!
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Go pack your bags, my boy.
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Pack your bags, get your girl, and get out.
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Don't bother to pack your bags
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JACKIE: Pack your bags.
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Pack your bags!
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Pack your bags.
Synonyms
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1.0
To put things into a container to carry or store them
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9.9
To put your things into bags before you travel or move, like clothes and chargers
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to put belongings into suitcases or bags' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'pack' (to put items into containers) with 'bags' (portable containers); the possessive '(one's)' only indicates whose bags and does not change composition. This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common action construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Pack (one's) bags comes from the simple picture of pack meaning to put clothes and things into bags or suitcases before a trip. Because this shows someone getting ready to go, people use it today to mean 'to leave' or 'to prepare to move'.