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pack up
 v. phr.— «Some dogs got free on their own and have started to “pack up,” in the military’s terminology. The dog packs look cute at first, spaniels and poodles and dobermans all running together—until they rush at you.» —“Dogged rescuers” by Helen Kennedy New York Daily News Sept. 19, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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