Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pack up and leave, to clear out: "cuốn gói" figuratively describes the act of hastily gathering one's belongings to leave a place, often due to failure, pressure, or to avoid trouble. It implies a sudden, sometimes secretive, and definitive departure.
   • To pack one's bags and go: The literal sense involves rolling up one's bundle (gói) to depart, used metaphorically for leaving a situation completely.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau khi thất bại trong kinh doanh, anh ta đã âm thầm cuốn gói bỏ đi. (After failing in business, he quietly packed up and left.)
  • Bị phát hiện gian lận, tên trộm phải vội vàng cuốn gói. (Having been caught cheating, the thief had to hastily clear out.)
  • Không chịu nổi áp lực, cô ấy quyết định cuốn gói về quê. (Unable to bear the pressure, she decided to pack her bags and go back to her hometown.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase often carries a negative or dismissive connotation, suggesting the person leaving is in a losing, desperate, or disgraced position.
• It is frequently used in informal or spoken contexts (khẩu ngữ).

Variants and Related Words

• Cuốn (verb): to roll up, to wrap.
• Gói (noun): a bundle, a package.
• Thu xếp đồ đạc (verb phrase): to pack up one's things (more neutral).
• Bỏ đi (verb phrase): to leave, to go away.

Synonyms

• Chuồn (verb, informal): to sneak away, to skedaddle.
• Rút lui (verb): to withdraw, to retreat (more formal).
• Bỏ chạy (verb phrase): to run away.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• Cuốn gói ra đi: to pack up and leave (emphasizes the act of departing).
• Âm thầm cuốn gói: to quietly/silently pack up and leave (emphasizes secrecy).
• Phải cuốn gói: to be forced to pack up and leave.

1. (fig) to park up and leave