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verb come together in a group ADV. quickly | around/round, together PREP. about/around/round The boys gathered around the car. | for They are all gathering for a major conference. bring people/things together ADV. hastily, quickly She hastily gathered all her belongings together. | carefully | together, up increase ADV. quickly, rapidly The movement for reform rapidly gathered momentum. | slowly | steadily VERB + GATHER begin to, start to As the weeks passed, Charlotte began to gather strength.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): gather someone or something to oneself
to draw someone or something to oneself. • The hen gathered her chicks to herself. • Harry gathered the poker chips to himself.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs