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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "gah" (as in "garden") + "RRAHR" + "LOHS" (as in "loan") + "BAHR" (as in "bar") + "too" (as in "tool") + "lohs" (as in "loan")/

Meaning

To pack up your things and leave, especially after a breakup, a firing, or any situation that has clearly run its course. The image is of someone quietly gathering their belongings and walking out the door without explanations or goodbyes.

Examples

He packed up his things and left without saying a single word.

When they let him go from the office, he quietly gathered his stuff and never came back.

Regional synonyms

To be completely stunned and frozen by surprise, unable to react for a moment. In Colombia and Venezuela, "quedarse patidifuso" happens when reality delivers something so far beyond what you expected that your brain just stops briefly before it can process the news.