gather : Idioms & Phrases
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gather in
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verb fold up
take in.
- take in the sails
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gather up
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verb take and lift upward
pick up; lift up.
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verb gather or collect
call for; collect; pick up.
- 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
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gathered skirt
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noun a skirt whose fabric is drawn together around the waist
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gathering place
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noun a favorite haunt where people gather
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hunting and gathering society
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noun group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic
hunting and gathering society.
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hunting and gathering tribe
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noun group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables; usually nomadic
hunting and gathering society.
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information gathering
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noun the act of collecting information
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social gathering
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noun a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship
social affair.
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To be gathered to one's people, ∨ to one's fathers
- to die. Gen. xxv. 8.
Webster 1913
To gather breath
- to recover normal breathing after being out of breath; to get breath; to rest. Spenser.
Webster 1913
To gather one's self together
- to collect and dispose one's powers for a great effort, as a beast crouches preparatory to a leap.
Webster 1913
To gather way
(Naut.) , to begin to move; to move with increasing speed.
Webster 1913
To get , ∨ To gather , ground
- to gain ground. R. "Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." Milton.
There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground of them, but by bidding higher. South.