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folded one's tent

folded one's tent is the simple past and past participle of fold one's tent.

Meaning of fold one's tent

Verb

fold one's tent (third-person singular simple present folds one's tent, present participle folding one's tent, simple past and past participle folded one's tent)

  1. (idiomatic) To withdraw, especially in a discreet manner; to disengage; to quit.
    • And the night shall be filled with music,
      And the cares that infest the day
      Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
      And as silently steal away.1844, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Day is Done" (proem to The Waif), lines 41-44

Questions about folded one's tent

What is folded one's tent the simple past and past participle of?
Folded one's tent is the simple past and past participle of fold one's tent.

Words near folded one's tent in the dictionary

  1. folded like a cheap tent
  2. folded like a lawn chair
  3. folded mountain
  4. folded mountains
  5. folded one's arms
  6. folded one's tent
  7. folded optics
  8. folded out
  9. folded up
  10. folded-up
  11. foldedness

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