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fold one's tent

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: 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.

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