pack out

If people pack out a place, they fill it completely.

• Fans packed out the stadium.
• The hall was packed out for her first concert.
• Will they pack out the theatre again tonight?

How to use it: pack out a place (Fans packed out the hall.); be packed out (The theatre was packed out last night.)

Similar words: fill, crowd

Common phrases: pack out something, pack out stadiums, pack out theatres

To take your rubbish or other things away with you when leaving a natural area.

• Please pack out your rubbish.
• We packed out every bottle after camping.
• Did you pack out the food wrappers?

How to use it: pack out something (Please pack out your empty cans.); pack something out (We packed all our rubbish out.)

Similar words: carry out, take away

Common phrases: pack out rubbish, pack out something, pack out waste

To become pressed tightly together, with little empty space inside.

• The snow packed out under our boots.
• Loose soil can pack out after repeated use.
• This material packs out quickly under heavy pressure.

Similar words: compact, compress

Common phrases: pack out completely, pack out quickly, pack out under pressure

To attack someone and hit them repeatedly, often as a group.

• They packed him out behind the shop.
• A gang packed out the boy after school.
• He feared they would pack him out again.

How to use it: pack someone out (The gang threatened to pack him out.)

Similar words: beat up, jump

Common phrases: pack out someone, pack someone out