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

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Limit time outdoors, check on the elderly and other vulnerable people, and bundle up your pets, too, NWS urged. . Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025 The temperature has dipped to 40 degrees at times, and many people have been sleeping in warm clothes and bundling up, their homes becoming the equivalent of unfurnished cabins. Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025 Residents and visitors are advised to prepare for frost and bundle up, especially during the early morning hours when temperatures dip to their lowest. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 Also in the Big Apple, Suki Waterhouse is rushing from A to B while Julia Stiles bundles up with a cute scarf. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bundle up 

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
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 24 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

bundle up

verb
: to dress warmly

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