"pack heat" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pack heat.ogg [Australia] Forms: packs heat [present, singular, third-person], packing heat [participle, present], packed heat [participle, past], packed heat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pack heat (third-person singular simple present packs heat, present participle packing heat, simple past and past participle packed heat)
  1. (idiomatic) To carry one or more handguns on one's person, especially in a concealed manner. Tags: idiomatic

Inflected forms

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