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gather up

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Verb1.gather up - take and lift upward
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"
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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? gather up
vt sepaufsammeln; one’s belongingszusammenpacken; hairhochstecken; skirts(hoch)raffen; (fig) piecesauflesen; he gathered himself up to his full heighter reckte sich zu voller Größe auf; to gather up one’s courageseinen ganzen Mut zusammennehmen


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If the woman would only leave her work for an instant he could drop down, gather up a handful, and be back in the tree again before she drew three breaths.
She was most economical, and when she ate she would gather up crumbs with the tip of her finger, so that nothing should be wasted of the loaf of bread weighing twelve pounds which was baked especially for her and lasted three weeks.
Kennedy, won't you help to gather up a trifle of all these millions?
 
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