bundle
verb/ˈbʌndl/
/ˈbʌndl/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they bundle | /ˈbʌndl/ /ˈbʌndl/ |
| he / she / it bundles | /ˈbʌndlz/ /ˈbʌndlz/ |
| past simple bundled | /ˈbʌndld/ /ˈbʌndld/ |
| past participle bundled | /ˈbʌndld/ /ˈbʌndld/ |
| -ing form bundling | /ˈbʌndlɪŋ/ /ˈbʌndlɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] bundle somebody + adv./prep. to push or send somebody somewhere quickly and not carefully
- They bundled her into the back of a car.
- He was bundled off to boarding school.
Extra Examples- Bodyguards quickly bundled the President into the car.
- The security men bundled me down the stairs and out of the door.
- They bundled her off on the next train.
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move somewhere quickly in a group
- We bundled out onto the street.
- [transitive] bundle something (with something) to supply extra equipment, especially software when selling a new computer, at no extra cost
- A further nine applications are bundled with the system.
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps originally from Old English byndelle ‘a binding’, reinforced by Low German and Dutch bundel (to which byndelle is related).
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