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[ verb ] take and lift upward
Used in print (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)He sat for_a_while with his hands on his knees , watching the bend of her back as she gathered_up her things - a comb , a bottle of aspirin - to take upstairs and pack . Related terms |
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[ verb ] gather or collect
Examples "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" Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)The cops would gather_up Connor and the foursome on the third floor and bring us those of them who would voluntarily submit to fingerprinting . |
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