pack out

present singular third person packs out · participle present packing out · participle past packed out · past packed out

1. transitiveusually passive voiceTo fill with spectators, passengers etc.

   The stadium was packed out.

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   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.

   2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 57

   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.

   2025 January 3, Barney Ronay, “Crystal Palace through after Millwall keeper’s red for head-high tackle on Mateta”, in The Guardian

2. transitiveTo 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. intransitivehobbiesTo become quite compacted; to become tightly-packed.
4. slangtransitiveTo beat up; to jump.