zip up

phrasal verb

zipped up; zipping up; zips up

: to close or connect (something) with a zipper

He zipped up his jacket.

: to use a zipper to fasten someone's clothing

Will you zip me up, please?

Examples of zip up in a Sentence

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To help cut down on your chances of being robbed, the Police Department said people should ensure their phones are somewhere secure and that backpacks or fanny packs are zipped up. —

Skye Seipp, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Oct. 2024 Then a soldier in a battle helmet took the vehicle on a joyride, zipping up and down a sidewalk, at one point slowing down for a professor on a bicycle. —

Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 This creates compression that will set the start of the zip up perfectly. —

Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024 Millions of women are right there with you, fanning themselves through hot flashes, laughing at their own mood swings and trying to zip up their favorite jeans after yet another round of bloating. —

Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for zip up