bundle up

verb

bundled up; bundling up; bundles up

transitive verb

: to dress (someone) warmly

intransitive verb

: to dress warmly

Examples of bundle up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Listen to this article Iowa is bundled up and ready to kick off the 2024 presidential campaign with its famed quirky caucus. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024 In the states, the president and Congress are voted for separately; in Britain, the whole thing is effectively bundled up together. NBC News, 4 July 2024 That leaves the many beaches along Humboldt’s coast wide open for people who don’t mind bundling up a bit. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024 The Fan Fest, which concluded the spring sessions, fell on a cold, gloomy Sunday, keeping the crowd down, and keeping those who came bundled up and shivering, far from the street festival atmosphere on a Friday night that was Mora’s first spring event. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bundle up 

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Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of bundle up was in 1845

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“Bundle up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bundle%20up. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

bundle up

verb
: to dress warmly

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