fold one's tent | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Towithdraw, especially in adiscreetmanner; todisengage; toquit.1844,Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "The Day is Done" (proem toThe Waif), lines 41-44,And the night shall be filled with music,And the cares that infest the dayShallfold their tentslike the Arabs,And as silently steal away.1982September 27, “No Mercy for the Sisters”, inTime:"I won't quietlyfold my tentand go away," snapped Sister Catherine.1983December 17, William J. Hutchinson, “Whither Bl/GPA?”, inGay Community News, volume11, number22, page 6:Following the failure of the Quilty forces to obtain the BL/GPA endorsement in June, the PACfolded its tentsand did not meet again.2005January 6, Terry Neal, “Talking Points Live”, inWashington Post, retrieved10 August 2008:There are a good number of Democrats who are unhappy with John Kerry, thinking hefolded his tentwithout a fight.

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