pack it in
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"One day I just kind of realised it was going too far. My dad said to me, 'What are you doing with your life? You really need to pack it in.'"
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
After struggling with the thing for a while, you might decide to just pack it in and go back to the old, dumb, reliable model.
From Slate ● May 16, 2024
“When you go down in a game several times and we’ve had some of the challenges that we’ve had over the last month it’s pretty easy to pack it in in those games,” Kapler said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2023
We can look at it two ways: We can pack it in, or we can keep going and trying to make this thing real and kind of prove them wrong.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
If he buys the fish he’ll pack it in ice and send it overnight by air to Japan, for auction at the Tokyo fish market tomorrow.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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