fold up
(idiomatic, transitive) To make or become more compact by folding.
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my miniteen cafe eco bag came yesterday too! it really does fold up to a smaller size but they didnt show nor mention it🥹🥹 no wonder it sold out at the cafe but not online😭
Milliard Deluxe Diplomat Folding Bed with Mattress for Adults, Twin Size, Portable Foldable Bed with Luxurious Memory Foam Mattress & Super Strong Frame, 75 x 38", Fold Up, Roll Away, & Hideaway #travelbed #adultbed #…
I hope that you have brought a new contract for Beth, that you can fold up and trick her into signing, when you get autographs
so... how do you even travel with a manual wheelchair? if it cant fold up what are you supposed to do with it when youre getting in a car
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(idiomatic, transitive) To make or become more compact by folding.
Please fold up these towels so they will fit on the shelf.
“I hope that you have brought a new contract for Beth, that you can fold up and trick her into signing, when you get autographs”
— Bluesky· May 2026“so... how do you even travel with a manual wheelchair? if it cant fold up what are you supposed to do with it when youre getting in a car”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive, slang) To surrender, abandon or give up under pressure.
It used to be said there were two kinds of chairs to go with two kinds of Ministers: one sort that folds up [pun] instantly, the other sort goes round and round in circles (laugh track).
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To go out of business; to stop doing something.
7 Kt-KBP ... Jabbin' furiously, the Ripper drives [Alekhine] into the ropes. In the carnival circuit, he'd have some preliminary bum in some ringsider's lap in two rounds, but the champ, who is no camp stool. don't fold up so easy.
“my miniteen cafe eco bag came yesterday too! it really does fold up to a smaller size but they didnt show nor mention it🥹🥹 no wonder it sold out at the cafe but not online😭”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Milliard Deluxe Diplomat Folding Bed with Mattress for Adults, Twin Size, Portable Foldable Bed with Luxurious Memory Foam Mattress & Super Strong Frame, 75 x 38", Fold Up, Roll Away, & Hideaway #travelbed #adultbed #twinsize”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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