Small up

verb smaal-UP

To small up — to make smaller, squeeze together, or reduce. 'Small up yuhself' asks people to shift closer and make room ('small up inna di taxi'); 'small up di portion' cuts it down. Opposite of spreading out. Kin to 'likkle' (little).

  • Small up yuhself, mek di man siddung.

    Squeeze up so the man can sit down.

  • Small up di music likkle.

    Turn the music down a little.

'small' + 'up'. See [[likkle]], [[small-up-yuhself]].

To make smaller / squeeze together / reduce.