fold one's arms

fold one's arms (third-person singular simple present folds one's arms, present participle folding one's arms, simple past and past participle folded one's arms)

1. To cross one's arms over one's chest.
   • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 34, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 171:

     They stepped to the sidewalk, looked in an around. Nick folded his arms.