gather up



gather something up

to collect something; to pick something up. Let's gather our things up and go. Please gather up your things.
See also: gather, up

gather up

v.
1. To bring together or collect something that is distributed or scattered: I gathered up my dress and stepped over the puddle. I gathered the papers up and put them in my briefcase.
2. To come together or be more concentrated in one place: The cloth gathers up at the hem of this dress.
See also: gather, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
WideWEE-dəFrisian
Noelia-Spanish
Sheine-Yiddish
Ioanna-Greek, Biblical Greek
Cayetanokie-e-TAH-noSpanish
Iared-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek