fold up
verb- To make or become more compact by folding. · Please fold up these towels so they will fit on the shelf.
- To surrender, abandon or give up under pressure.
- To go out of business; to stop doing something. · That place folded up years ago.
- 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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He did not see the Englishman fold up and place in his pocket the accusation written by Danglars under the arbor of La Réserve, and which had the postmark, “Marseilles, 27th February, delivery 6 o’clock, P.M.”
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