fold up

plier, replier

Rendre quelque chose plus petit en rabattant ses parties, ou se réduire ainsi.

En anglais simple : To make something smaller by bending its parts together, or to become smaller this way.

• Please fold up the map.
• This chair folds up for easy storage.
• She folded the towels up neatly.

Comment l'utiliser : fold something up (Fold the blanket up and put it away.)

Synonymes : fold

Contraires : unfold

Expressions courantes : fold up something, fold up neatly, fold up a map

fermer, cesser ses activités

Pour une entreprise ou une activité, arrêter de fonctionner ou de se poursuivre.

En anglais simple : If a business or activity ends, it stops operating or continuing.

• The little shop folded up.
• Their business folded up after losing its main customer.
• Without more funding, the project will fold up.

Synonymes : close down, shut down, end

Expressions courantes : fold up completely, fold up after something

céder, abandonner

Cesser de lutter ou de faire des efforts parce que la pression est trop forte.

En anglais simple : To stop trying or fighting because the pressure is too great.

• Our team refused to fold up.
• He folded up under pressure during the final round.
• Will their resistance fold up when supplies run out?

Synonymes : give up, surrender, give in

Contraires : persist

Expressions courantes : fold up under pressure, fold up completely

plier bagage

Ranger le matériel installé temporairement et partir ailleurs.

En anglais simple : To pack away temporary equipment and leave for another place.

• The circus will fold up tomorrow.
• The fair folded up and moved to another town.
• Once the crowds leave, the performers fold up and move on.

Synonymes : pack up, move on

Expressions courantes : fold up tomorrow, fold up and leave