packs (up or in)
verb
1
as in ceases
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- ceases
- ends
- stops
- halts
- cuts off
- shuts off
- cuts out
- lays off
- quits
- breaks off
- knocks off
- leaves off
- delays
- breaks up
- gives over
- concludes
- drops
- has done with
- suspends
- finishes
- suspends
- discontinues
- breaks
- cans
- puts the kibosh on
- desists (from)
- clamps down
- calls
- turns back
- completes
- blocks
- holds back
- stems
- closes (down)
- pauses
- stanches
- deactivates
- ruins
- kiboshes
- holds
- brakes
- stays
- hinders
- dams
- checks
- aborts
- stamps
- impedes
- suppresses
- obstructs
- arrests
- squashes
- reins (in)
- blockades
- scuttles
- stunts
- dissolves
- abolishes
- destroys
- kills
- squelches
- detains
- annuls
- demolishes
- snuffs
- staunches
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- continues
- progresses
- proceeds
- follows through (with)
- advances
- keeps up
- runs on
- carries on
- propels
- drives
- actuates
- stirs
- impels
2
as in abandons
to stop doing (something) permanently after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army Synonyms & Similar Words
- abandons
- drops
- quits
- discontinues
- knocks off
- ends
- has done (with)
- shuts off
- lays off (of)
- tapers off
- finishes
- hangs it up
- ceases
- concludes
- breaks off
- gives up
- winds up
- leaves off
- halts
- expires
- breaks up
- closes
- wraps up
- pauses
- throws up
- terminates
- rounds (off or out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- continues
- maintains
- hangs in
- goes
- keeps
- hangs on
- holds on
- persists
- keeps up
- carries on
- starts
- begins
- resumes
- runs on
- perseveres
- stays
- renews
- reopens
- commences
- restarts
- preserves
- follows through (with)