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United States
"Pack it up. A shortened version of the full phrase, pack it up and go home. Something you say to someone when you think they have no chance of success and they'd be better off just quitting now. Oh, and that's another point for me. Come on, man. It's 18 to 2. You might as well just pack it up, bro."
What it means
A smug little way to tell someone they're done, finished, cooked, and just need to stop pretending there's still a comeback hiding in the bushes. You say it when they're getting smoked, talking big while losing, or dragging out a dead plan. It's basically telling somebody to fold the whole circus tent and call it.
Usage examples
"Bro, it’s 18 to 2 and you’re still talking trash. Pack it up, grab your hoodie, and leave before this turns into a full blown clown show."
"Down by forty points with two minutes left and still chirping, mate, pack it up, the game ended for you a long time ago."
"You lost three rounds in a row and now you're blaming the controller. Pack it up, man, the excuses are putting up more fight than you are."
"She dropped the receipts, the screenshots, and the timestamps. Pack it up, your little comeback tour got cancelled on arrival."
"You're down three sets, blaming the lighting, and still acting scary. Pack it up, mate."
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Where it comes from
It grows out of the older English idea of packing up and leaving when the show's over or you've clearly lost. Variants like pack up and go home were already doing laps in sport and heckling by the 20th century. Pack it up became the snappier taunt for quit, you're finished, this one's dead.
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