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pack your bags
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to get ready to leave a place, often for a long time or for good
Literal for a trip, but it often means leaving a job, home or relationship for good: 'He was told to pack his bags'.
In context
After ten years in Hanoi, they packed their bags and moved to Da Nang.
Pack your bags, everyone; we're leaving for the airport in an hour!
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