fold up
Make it compact
Fold up means to collapse something by bending its parts together, making it compact for storage or transport: fold up the lawn chairs, The table folds up against the wall.
It also describes collapsing figuratively—a business that folds up fails and closes.
A person who folds up under pressure breaks down or gives in.
- tuckFold into concealment
- tuck inSecure covers around someone
- bendCurve or flex
- collapsibleAble to compress compactly
- creaseLine from folding
fail · pack it in · store · shut down · stow · crumple · press · Murphy bed · compact · flat pack · origami · tuck away · terminate · pleat · paper · corrugate · portable · retractable