Definition
To withdraw, especially in a discreet manner; to disengage; to quit.
In Context
- "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."
Also Said As
- chicken out
- cut and run
- stand down