to gather up
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2.1
- phrasal verb
- Please gather up the toys before dinner.
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Watch on YouTubeSo Greed folds up her robes and gathers up everything left behind.
- So Greed folds up her robes and gathers up everything left behind.
- The they gathered up Jodie's clothes before the forensics people got there.
- So anyway, let's go get some things so we can stake up the corn and gather up pine cones and such.
- If they do custom dye jobs, like if they sell prepared for dyeing, you know all these things and gather up all this information.
- The sky is black and blue as I gather up the pieces for your return shipment to a foreign country.
- And you're going to gather up all your pattern pieces and you're going to put this is a pattern hook.
- So we went around that acre, all of us, and we gathered up all the Deadwood we could find and got a fire going right on the riverbank.
- And a big part of what we're trying to do now with funding on NIH is gathering up allies from both sides of the aisle to say we are going to be persistent.
- So the Satanic Temple seeks to gather up all these Satanists and advocate for their religious equality in the public sphere.
Examples
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We should gather up anything that'll burn, seats, luggage, any wood we can find.
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Carrie turns back to the dresser and gathers up the last few things.
Fiction book (1993) -
-Well, gather up what stuff you can and I'll--
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Let's gather them all up.
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So we're simply going to gather up all the runners.
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Ray... I think you should gather up the cardinals' notes.
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So everybody gather up your dice and roll for initiative.
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Feeling suddenly awkward, he went to gather up what was not damaged.
Fiction book (1992) -
We have to gather up everything that washed ashore and take stock of our supplies.
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Gather up the cedar chips and take them back to the house.
Synonyms
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1.0
To lift something or someone from the ground with your hands
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1.1
To bring things or people together in one place
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2.0
To lift something up, often with a spoon or tool
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3.3
To gather people in one place for a purpose
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3.2
To bring people, animals, or things together in one place
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2.8
To lift or pick up something quickly with your hand
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3.6
To gather information or things from different places
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4.2
Pick something up quickly by moving down fast
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9.4
To pack your things quickly to get ready to leave
To get a small amount of something quickly with little money or time
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Morphology
The meaning 'to collect and bring things together' is directly derivable from 'gather' (to assemble) combined with the particle 'up', which here signals completion or bringing together. This verb+particle construction follows a common, transparent compositional pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand.
Etymology
Gather up comes from the simple action of using your hands to bring loose things together. Imagine bending to gather scattered papers and lifting them up into a pile, so it now means 'to collect and bring things together'.