packed house

collocation in English

meaningsofpackedandhouse

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packed
adjective
uk
/pækt/us
/pækt/
completely ...
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house
noun
uk
/haʊs/us
/haʊs/
a building that people, usually one family, ...
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(Definition ofpackedandhousefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpacked house

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I, too, have been convinced to stay for his statement; he will have apackedhouse.
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The audience in apackedhouse, obviously hated it.
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It was apackedhouseand an excellent performance.
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Nineteen short films were screened to apackedhouse.
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A month later they were hosting a county play competition to apackedhouse.
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Attendance at the two hundred capacity venue quickly grew with apackedhouseby the third week.
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It played to apackedhousewho enjoyed the epic, which had a duration of 2 hours and 24 minutes.
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She caps off her day of sun and fun by throwing apackedhouseparty.
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This was a ten-piece band which included 4 saxophonists and 2 violinists, and it played to apackedhouse.
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The play opens to apackedhouse.
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They played to packed houses but financially they were very badly off; the expense to which they were committed was at times most embarrassing.
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The company plays to packed houses around the country.
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That play went on tour for ten weeks and played to packed houses everywhere it went.
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This week it is playing to packed houses.
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The film however, ran to packed houses in its re-runs and made a lot of money.
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Though the film opened to packed houses, it slumped a little due to mixed reviews but later picked up following a local holiday.
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Over two hundred people took part in this play which ran for four days, to packed houses.
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It became a cluster of densely packed houses, and was one of the poorer areas of the city.
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The play was very successful, running for more than six months to packed houses.
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