take up a collection

Request and gather donations, as in They were taking up a collection for the church that burned down, or The veterans' group takes up a collection every month of household goods and furniture. This idiom was first recorded in 1849.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
TalİP	-	Turkish
Yuuta	yoo:-tah	Japanese
Sandra	SAHN-drah (Italian, Dutch, Finnish), SAN-drə (English), ZAHN-drah (German)	Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic,
Gormflaith	-	Irish
Baillie	['beili]
Antelmo	-	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian