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View synonyms for fold up

fold up

verb

  1. tr to make smaller or more compact
  2. intr to collapse, as with laughter or pain


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After they're done, they fold up the letter and slip it into her drawer, awaiting the chaos that ensues.

But when the summit is over, he will fold up his tent and go home.

When he wished to sleep he was instructed how to fold up his clothes and set out his boots; the other boys deriding.

They fold up when light is too strong, as in Robinia; it produces the same effect as want of light.

Having answered in these terms, Mr. Mool began to fold up the Will—and suddenly stopped.

Now one must fold up its wings and crawl about like a wretched caterpillar.'

No—you must fold up, and tie round, and seal over, and be at all the pains in the world with those hands I see now.

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