packing (up or in)
verb
1
as in ending
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
- ending
- stopping
- ceasing
- halting
- cutting off
- laying off
- shutting off
- cutting out
- breaking off
- leaving off
- giving over
- knocking off
- breaking up
- quitting
- putting the kibosh on
- desisting (from)
- having done with
- delaying
- suspending
- concluding
- discontinuing
- holding back
- dropping
- finishing
- suspending
- breaking
- turning back
- canning
- clamping down
- closing (down)
- calling
- completing
- blocking
- reining (in)
- kiboshing
- pausing
- holding
- stemming
- deactivating
- braking
- checking
- hindering
- impeding
- ruining
- obstructing
- staying
- suppressing
- aborting
- detaining
- stamping
- blockading
- damming
- arresting
- abolishing
- destroying
- stunting
- killing
- squashing
- squelching
- scuttling
- dissolving
- annulling
- demolishing
- snuffing
- stanching
- staunching
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- keeping up
- continuing
- running on
- carrying on
- following through (with)
- proceeding
- progressing
- advancing
- stirring
- driving
- actuating
- propelling
- impelling
2
as in abandoning
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
- abandoning
- giving up
- discontinuing
- knocking off
- quitting
- laying off (of)
- hanging it up
- dropping
- having done (with)
- ending
- shutting off
- breaking off
- tapering off
- leaving off
- breaking up
- finishing
- throwing up
- winding up
- wrapping up
- concluding
- ceasing
- closing
- halting
- pausing
- expiring
- rounding (off or out)
- terminating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- keeping up
- hanging on
- continuing
- hanging in
- holding on
- maintaining
- keeping
- going
- carrying on
- running on
- persevering
- following through (with)
- reopening
- beginning
- preserving
- resuming
- renewing
- staying
- starting
- commencing
- persisting
- restarting