bundle up
phr. v..phr. v.. to dress yourself or someone else in several layers of warm clothes to stay protected from the cold.
phr. v.. to dress warmly by wearing multiple layers of clothing; can be used intransitively or transitively with a reflexive or third-party object.
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.
- Particles
- up
- Separability
- optional
- Pattern
- bundle (+ object) + up
often used as an imperative or a piece of advice when the weather is freezing.
contrast with 'wrap up', which is more common in British English; 'bundle up' is the standard American equivalent for dressing for the cold.
Bundle up yourself well.Bundle yourself up well.when using a reflexive pronoun like 'yourself', it usually sits between the verb and the particle.