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collect up

collect up verb: to find and put together in the same place.

Verb

collect up (third-person singular simple present collects up, present participle collecting up, simple past and past participle collected up)

  1. (transitive) To find and put together in the same place.

Forms of collect up

third-person singular presentcollects up
present participlecollecting up
past participlecollected up
pastcollected up

Questions about collect up

What does collect up mean?
Collect up means to find and put together in the same place.
What part of speech is collect up?
Collect up is a verb.
What is the past tense of collect up?
The past tense of collect up is collected up.

Words near collect up in the dictionary

  1. collect on delivery
  2. collect one's thoughts
  3. collect one's wits
  4. collect oneself
  5. collect skin
  6. collect up
  7. collect-'em-up
  8. collect-'em-ups
  9. collectability
  10. collectable
  11. collectables

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