# bundle up

CEFR B1 · Phrasal verb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/bundle-up
Updated: 2026-04-24

## Definition

to dress yourself or someone else in several layers of warm clothes to stay protected from the cold.

For teachers: 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.

## Pitfalls

- Not "Bundle up yourself well." but "Bundle yourself up well." — when using a reflexive pronoun like 'yourself', it usually sits between the verb and the particle.

## Usage notes

- 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.

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