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[pace] See: CHANGE OF PACE, KEEP PACE, PUT THROUGH ONE'S PACES, SNAIL'S PACE.

[pace off] See: STEP OFF(2).

[pace-setter], [pace-setting] See: SET THE PACE.

[pack a punch] or [pack a wallop] {v. phr.}, {slang}

1. To be able to give a powerful blow; have a dangerous fist.

* /He packed a mean punch./

2. To have a violent effect; be powerful.

* /It was vodka, and it packed quite a wallop./

[pack of lies] {n. phr.}

An unbelievable story; unprovable allegations.

* /What Al told us about his new girlfriend was nothing but a pack of lies./

[pack off] {v.}, {informal} To send away; dismiss abruptly.

* /When an Englishman got in trouble long ago, his family would pack him off to Australia or some other distant land./

* /Jane couldn't really get started on her homework until she had packed ...

[pack one's bag] {v. phr.}

To leave a place out of anger, annoyance, or disagreement.

* /"This place is beginning to irritate me," she said to her friend. "I want to pack my bags and get out of here."/

[pack rat] {n.}, {informal} A person who cannot part with old, useless objects; an avid collector of useless things; a junk hoarder.

* /"Why are there so many things in this room?" John asked. "It is my brother's room, and he is a pack rat; he is unable ...

[pack up] {v. phr.}

To pack one's suitcase for traveling; prepare a package.

* /Without saying a single word, the unhappy husband packed up and left./