Definition of "fold up" in English

Verb

1. To make or become more compact by folding.

   • Please fold up these towels so they will fit on the shelf.

2. To surrender, abandon or give up under pressure.

3. To go out of business; to stop doing something.

   • That place folded up years ago.

4. 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.