"sack up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sack up.ogg [Australia] Forms: sacks up [present, singular, third-person], sacking up [participle, present], sacked up [participle, past], sacked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sack up (third-person singular simple present sacks up, present participle sacking up, simple past and past participle sacked up)
  1. (transitive) To put (something) in a sack. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-sack_up-en-verb-VSlBagnW
  2. (slang, vulgar, intransitive) To force oneself to become more manly; to toughen up or man up. Tags: intransitive, slang, vulgar Synonyms (become more manly): sac up
    Sense id: en-sack_up-en-verb-pvZDSPKb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 15 85 Disambiguation of 'become more manly': 2 98

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