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crumple up

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crumple something up

to fold up or crush someone or something. Walter crumpled the paper up. He crumpled up the paper.

See also: up

crumple up

to fold up; to collapse. She was so frightened that she just crumpled up. Fran crumpled up in a dead faint.

See also: up