See also: foldup

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fold up (third-person singular simple present folds up, present participle folding up, simple past and past participle folded up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make or become more compact by folding.
    Please fold up these towels so they will fit on the shelf.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To surrender, abandon or give up under pressure.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To go out of business; to stop doing something.
    That place folded up years ago.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 288:
      When Grimaldi left the group in 1976, Rod folded his band up.
  4. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To move on, as in a traveling circus taking down its tents and attractions and moving to a new location.
    They will fold up on Sunday and be gone from here.
    The circus folded up its tent and headed north.

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|fold-up (adj)