Collocations for "packed"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "packed" in context.
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pack
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- pack for [a vacation, your trip, the move]
- pack (up) your things and [go, get out, leave]
- pack up the [tent, suitcase]
- pack up your [house, belongings]
- pack your [suitcase, lunch, backpack, bags]
- pack a [box, package, envelope] (to send)
- pack [a picnic, sandwiches, two pairs]
- pack it full of [clothes, chocolate, books]
- pack away your [summer clothes, lawn chairs]
- the crowd packed into the [stadium, plaza, theater]
- pack into the [car, room, bus]
- the [car] was packed
- pack and [ship, send, mail]
- packed with [bubble wrap, newspaper]
- packed with [features, extras, unseen content]
- packed with [information, data]
- packed to [capacity, overflowing, bursting]
- pack the [snow, dough, clay] (tight, together)
- [carefully, densely, tightly] packed
- pack [paper, plasticine, your fist, snow] into a ball
- pack it all in
- pack it in and [retire, start a business]
- pack in [your job] at [40]
- packed them off to [camp, their grandparents]
- [he, the cop] was packing a [gun, firearm, piece]
- [the soup, she, it] (really) packs a punch
- (and) send them packing
- slang, UK: the [boiler, washing machine] has packed up
- need [an ice, a cold, a hot, a heat] pack
- put [an ice] pack on a [sting, bite, sprain]
- a [first-aid, hiker's, cyclist's, camping, medical] pack
- a [one-liter, party] pack
- a [large, multi, family, fun, party] -size pack
- sport: the [leading, chasing, following] pack (of riders)
- [earn, receive] a (generous) pay pack
- they [come, are sold] in packs of [five]
- smokes a pack a day
- loaded packs on the [donkeys, mule, car roof]
- a [donkey] [with, carrying] a pack on its back
- that's just a pack of lies!
- a pack of [cigarettes, cards, potato chips]
- a pack of [thieves, hooligans]
- a pack of [wolves, wild dogs, hyenas]
- the [critics, reporters] attacked her like a pack of wolves
- [wolves, dogs] always [prey, hunt, attack, travel, roam] in packs
- is the leader of the pack
- the [dog, wolf] is a pack animal
- the pack leader
- I am a pack rat
- (like) a pack horse
'packed' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
action
- bus
- cafeteria
- carton
- case
- compass
- cranberry
- crate
- crowded
- customer
- draw
- drawer
- drum
- fascinating
- fifty
- filling
- firmly
- five
- flat
- flavor
- fleece
- food
- full
- harvest
- intense
- itinerary
- jail
- jargon
- joint
- kit
- lecture
- literally
- loosely
- lunch
- necessary
- overnight
- pack
- peak
- picnic
- platform
- preserve
- properly
- robust
- rucksack
- scramble
- seaside
- shrink
- sidewalk
- smoothie
- suitcase