fold up
Frequency: 8.535.0 per million words
To make something smaller by folding it, often for storage.
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- Please fold the stroller up before you get on the bus.
- She folded up the map and slipped it into her pocket.
- I folded up the clothes and put them away.
- The tent was folded up neatly after the festival.
- Could you fold the napkins up for the table?
- He’s folded the umbrella up because the sun came out.
- They were folding the sheets up while we cleaned the kitchen.
- Don’t forget to fold the pushchair up before putting it in the car.
- How do you fold this sheet of paper up to make a quick envelope?
- After towing the plane into the hangar, the mechanic folded the wings up.