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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

That feeling of folding in on themselves

“Would Spain be able to cope with penalties at all after all that cosseting of the ball, that feeling of folding in on themselves?”

(The Guardian.)

What does "that feeling of folding in on themselves" exactly mean in the sentence above?

  

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I think that means collapsing or falling apart, if I’m not mistaken.

  • I think that means collapsing or falling apart, if I’m not mistaken.
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I think that means collapsing or falling apart, if I’m not mistaken.
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In that instance, it would be like if something would be crushed under its own weight or collapsing.

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