folding up

Verb

fold up (third-person singular simple present folds up, present participle folding up, simple past and past participle folded up)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make or become more compact by folding.
   • Please fold up these towels so they will fit on the shelf.
2. (intransitive, slang) To surrender, abandon or give up under pressure.
   • 7 Kt-KBP ... Jabbin' furiously, the Ripper drives [Alekhine] into the ropes. In the carnival circuit, he'd have some preliminary bum in some ringsider's lap in two rounds, but the champ, who is no camp stool. don't fold up so easy.1940 January, "Cauliflower-Face Flaherty" (real identity unknown), “Muscle over Mind”, in Chess Review
3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To go out of business; to stop doing something.
   • That place folded up years ago.
4. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) 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.