Meaning of pack out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To fill with spectators, passengers etc.
   transitive, usually
2. To bring something (often waste) away when one leaves a natural environment like a campground.
   transitive
3. To become quite compacted; to become tightly-packed.
   intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“The stadium was packed out.”

“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⟳.”

“Millwall were allocated 3,781 tickets for this six-mile trip⟳ down the south London train⟳ tracks. The away end⟳ was duly packed out and ringed, sternly, by a gaggle of widely jeered Metropolitan police.”

“Be sure to bring⟳ enough bags to pack⟳ out all your trash.”

CEFR level