Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pack sb off
Participle: packed sb off
Gerund: packing sb off
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pack sb off |
| you | pack sb off |
| he;she;it | packs sb off |
| we | pack sb off |
| you | pack sb off |
| they | pack sb off |
Perfect
| I | have packed sb off |
| you | have packed sb off |
| he;she;it | has packed sb off |
| we | have packed sb off |
| you | have packed sb off |
| they | have packed sb off |
Past
| I | packed sb off |
| you | packed sb off |
| he;she;it | packed sb off |
| we | packed sb off |
| you | packed sb off |
| they | packed sb off |
Pluperfect
| I | had packed sb off |
| you | had packed sb off |
| he;she;it | had packed sb off |
| we | had packed sb off |
| you | had packed sb off |
| they | had packed sb off |
Future
| I | will pack sb off |
| you | will pack sb off |
| he;she;it | will pack sb off |
| we | will pack sb off |
| you | will pack sb off |
| they | will pack sb off |
Future Perfect
| I | will have packed sb off |
| you | will have packed sb off |
| he;she;it | will have packed sb off |
| we | will have packed sb off |
| you | will have packed sb off |
| they | will have packed sb off |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pack sb off |
| you | pack sb off |
| he;she;it | pack sb off |
| we | pack sb off |
| you | pack sb off |
| they | pack sb off |
Perfect
| I | have packed sb off |
| you | have packed sb off |
| he;she;it | have packed sb off |
| we | have packed sb off |
| you | have packed sb off |
| they | have packed sb off |
Imperfect
| I | packed sb off |
| you | packed sb off |
| he;she;it | packed sb off |
| we | packed sb off |
| you | packed sb off |
| they | packed sb off |
Pluperfect
| I | had packed sb off |
| you | had packed sb off |
| he;she;it | had packed sb off |
| we | had packed sb off |
| you | had packed sb off |
| they | had packed sb off |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pack sb off |
| you | would pack sb off |
| he;she;it | would pack sb off |
| we | would pack sb off |
| you | would pack sb off |
| they | would pack sb off |
Perfect
| I | would have packed sb off |
| you | would have packed sb off |
| he;she;it | would have packed sb off |
| we | would have packed sb off |
| you | would have packed sb off |
| they | would have packed sb off |
Imperative
| you | pack sb off |
| we | Let's pack sb off |
| you | pack sb off |
Verbs conjugated like 'pack'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pack'
back,
cack,
dack,
fack,
gack,
hack,
jack,
lack,
mack,
nack,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to come together as a group
- assemble, begather, collect, congregate, congress, fall in with, flock, forgather, gather, gather up, group, herd, league, mass, meet, meet up, team, team up, throng
- to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
- astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
- compress
- bind, cram, press, stow, contract, condense
- load
- burden, lade
Antonyms
- compress
- increase, extend, spread, stretch
- load
- unload, disburden, disencumber, relieve
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
~ away something,
~ something away,
~ in something,
~ something in,
~ in somebody,
~ somebody in,
~ something into something,
~ off somebody,
~ somebody off,
~ out something,
~ something out,
~ up (something),
~ (something) up,
~ up,
Etymology
From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”). See: Middle English '
pakken'.
Verbs referencing "pack"
Finnish with old forms
pakata, German, old spelling
packen, Xhosa
pakisha, Lithuanian
pakuoti.
Sample Sentences
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I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have filled even the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] hour at which we should arrive at Liverpool, may be easily imagined and readily understood. Also, how heartily we drank the captain 's health that day at dinner; and how restless we became about packing up: and how two or three of the most sanguine spirits rejected the idea of going to bed at all that night as something it was not worth while to do, so near the shore, but went nevertheless, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Well, Tom, ” said St. Clare, the day after he had commenced the legal formalities for his enfranchisement, “ I 'm going to make a free man of you; — so have your trunk packed, and get ready to set out for Kentuck. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Think I'll pass. Your loss. For sure. Actually, do you mind if I pack ?
(That Is All)