folding up
Making more compact
Folding up means collapsing something into a more compact form by bending its parts together: She folded up the map and put it in her pocket.
It also describes business failure or personal collapse under pressure: The company folded up after two years, He folded up under cross-examination.
The phrase implies something that was once extended or functional becoming compressed or defeated.
- enfoldWrap something completely
- creaseLine from folding
- bendCurve or flex
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- endFinal portion or cessation
conclude · compress · terminate · pack it in · call it quits · compact · shut down · wrap up · tuck · tuck away · go bust · hinge · collapse · going under · pleat · stack · withdraw · lawn chair
folding upspreading out
Expanding across space
unfolding · opening up · unfurling · expanding · laying out
folding upstarting up
Beginning operation or activity
launching · opening up · taking off · expanding · thriving
folding upholding firm
Maintaining position resolutely
holding up · resisting · bracing · withstanding · standing fast
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