pack them in
Attract a large audience, as in A big star will always pack them in. This idiom alludes to tightly filling a hall. [c. 1940]
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pack of lies, pack off, pack rat, pack rolling, pack shot, pack them in, pack up, pack wall, pack-horse, pack-rat, pack-year
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