crinkle up

crinkle up

1. To crease or wrinkle something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "crinkle" and "up." Kathryn crinkled up her nose when she heard what I was making for dinner. Please don't put that document in the bag without a folder—you'll crinkle it up.
2. To become creased or wrinkled. I've been sitting for so long in my suit that the pants are crinkling up.
See also: up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

crinkle up

to wrinkle up. Her nose crinkled up when she laughed.
See also: up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
  • arrange for
  • arrange for some time
  • arrange some music for
  • back into
  • back into (someone or something)
  • add in
  • angle
References in periodicals archive
Just crinkle up newspaper or aluminum foil firmly as shown in diagram 2.
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When the bonds break, the polymers crinkle up. Result: shrinkage.
The low-stressed polymers won't have the same "need" to crinkle up and relax during washing.
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