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curl up
verb
- intr to adopt a reclining position with the legs close to the body and the back rounded
- to become or cause to become spiral-shaped or curved
- intr to retire to a quiet cosy setting
to curl up with a good novel
- informal.to be or cause to be embarrassed or disgusted (esp in the phrase curl up and die )
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"Even thinking about that place in Dhaka makes me feel horrible. There was no space to lie down properly, so I had to sleep being curled up. I couldn't stretch my legs while lying down."
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In a sport where her contortions are magic, she lay curled up in a ball.
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I was curled up on that little staircase in the house with my monitor and I couldn’t see properly.
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The skeleton of a woman was found lying on top of a bed, curled up in a foetal position.
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In the depths of winter most of us want to curl up in the warm, but not Laura Truelove.
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