take a collection up

take a collection up (from someone) (for someone or something)

to collect money from people for someone or something. Karen took a collection up from everyone in the office for Bill. Karen took up a collection for Bill from everyone in the office.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kathryn	KATH-rin	English
Luther	LOO-thər	English
Gratian	GRAY-shən (English)	History
Chaleb	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Vilis	-	Latvian
Elise	e-LEE-zə (German), e-LEE-se (Norwegian, Danish, Swedish), i-LEES (English), i-LEEZ (English)	German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, English