to bundle up
- phrasal verb
- /ˈbʌndəl ʌp/
- I'm going to bundle up in layers to keep warm.
- bundle your baby up
- let's bundle up
- just bundle up
Your computer breaks it down into bite size chunks and it sends it off bundled up like it's like putting it in an envelope.
- Your computer breaks it down into bite size chunks and it sends it off bundled up like it's like putting it in an envelope.
- And then lastly, one thing that works really well and you could bundle up with this podcast is give me the audio book on Audible.
Examples
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She looked around, then bent down and bundled up her sticks, scrambling back toward the tipi she came from.
Fiction book (1995) -
But it's going to allow us to create a bundle that then we can bundle up and tie to get ready for hanging.
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Dry it in the sun and bundle it up neatly.
Fiction book (1996) -
I bundled her up and tore down the back roads to the hospital emergency room in Hudson.
Fiction book (1996) -
She had left him a goodbye note and a package of old magazines bundled up inside a box.
Fiction book (1991) -
Then she bundled up the construction paper, glue, and homemade birthday cards stacked beneath the portfolio.
Fiction book (2000) -
A few warmly bundled-up people waited at the bus stop across the street, although buses were quite unlikely to run in the snowstorm.
Fiction book (1990) -
Doing this way, I have learned my lesson and bundled up this stack of keys with some painters tape just to make sure that they aren't sliding around.
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Alobar knew he must get out of there, but first he bundled up as much fragrance equipment as he could carry and left a note in Kudra's shoe telling her to look for him in the beet fields of Bohemia.
Fiction book (1990) -
Before going outside in the cold, make sure to bundle up in warm clothing to stay comfortable.
Synonyms
To cover something by putting material around it
Fasten something with rope so it cannot move
To tie things together
Cover something completely with paper, cloth or another material to protect it
To twist things together, often like plants or rope
To make people feel close and united
To tie sticks or metal rods together into a bundle
To wrap things together to send or store
Antonyms
- Specialized
To separate products or services sold together so each can be sold separately
How Tight
Surface Forms
Morphology
The base verb 'bundle' already means to tie or gather items into one package, and the particle 'up' here contributes a completive/put-together sense rather than changing the meaning unpredictably. This verb+particle composition is a common, transparent pattern in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE means to tie or wrap items into a bundle.
Etymology
Bundle up comes from the simple act of tying things together into a bundle, like newspapers tied with string. That's why 'bundle up' means 'to tie or wrap several things together'.