pack out

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English

Verb

pack out (third-person singular simple present packs out, present participle packing out, simple past and past participle packed out)

  1. (transitive, usually used in the passive) To fill with spectators, passengers etc.
    The stadium was packed out.
    • 2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 57:
      Here [at Grantham], the train has three minutes to reverse, during which time it is suddenly packed out with shoppers heading to Nottingham. It's standing room only for those who arrive last.
  2. (transitive) To bring something (often waste) away when one leaves a natural environment like a campground.
    Be sure to bring enough bags to pack out all your trash.
  3. (intransitive, skiing, of snow) To become quite compacted; to become tightly-packed.