Meaning of fold one's tent | Babel Free

Definitions

To withdraw, especially in a discreet manner; to disengage; to quit.

idiomatic

Examples

“1844, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Day is Done" (proem to The Waif), lines 41-44, 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.”

“"I won't quietly fold my tent and go away," snapped Sister Catherine.”

“Following the failure of the Quilty forces to obtain the BL/GPA endorsement in June, the PAC folded its tents and did not meet again.”

“There are a good number of Democrats who are unhappy with John Kerry, thinking he folded his tent without a fight.”

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