gather up


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Related to gather up: take hold, take into account, lined up
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.gather up - take and lift upward
lift up, pick up
lift, raise, elevate, get up, bring up - raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
2.gather up - gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
call for, pick up, collect
acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
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Translations

w>gather up

vt sep → aufsammeln; one’s belongings → zusammenpacken; hair → hochstecken; skirts → (hoch)raffen; (fig) pieces → auflesen; he gathered himself up to his full height → er reckte sich zu voller Größe auf; to gather up one’s courage → seinen ganzen Mut zusammennehmen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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