pack them—(Austral. sl.) be panic-stricken or terrified (originally of diarrhea caused by nervousness):
- You know something, thought Ron Fisher, you’re no good. You’re packing them.
pack them in—(Theater) attract a capacity audience:
- Harry James and his band have been helping to pack them in at the Paramount.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase pack it in—(sl.)
1. (also: pack in) give up doing smth.:
- He had long ago “packed it in,” and spent his life sitting by the window dozing.
2. die:
- That’s where Jack’s mate from Hong Kong packed it in.