Phrasal verb
bundle up
Definition
phrasal verb. to dress yourself or someone else in several layers of warm clothes to stay protected from the cold.
phrasal verb. to dress warmly by wearing multiple layers of clothing; can be used intransitively or transitively with a reflexive or third-party object.
Examples
“You should bundle up before you go out in the snow.”
“The parents made sure to bundle up the kids in thick coats and scarves before the long walk.”
“As the blizzard intensified, the hikers were forced to bundle up in every spare layer of wool they carried to prevent hypothermia.”
Examples
simple
“You should bundle up before you go out in the snow.”
contextual
“The parents made sure to bundle up the kids in thick coats and scarves before the long walk.”
complex
“As the blizzard intensified, the hikers were forced to bundle up in every spare layer of wool they carried to prevent hypothermia.”
Usage
often used as an imperative or a piece of advice when the weather is freezing.
Teaching tip
contrast with 'wrap up', which is more common in British English; 'bundle up' is the standard American equivalent for dressing for the cold.
Pitfall
Bundle up yourself well.
Bundle yourself up well.
when using a reflexive pronoun like 'yourself', it usually sits between the verb and the particle.
Phrasal verb
Particles
up
Separability
optional
Pattern
bundle (+ object) + up
Synonyms
Antonyms
Grammar
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