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collect v. [
roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard] get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
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collect v. [
take in] call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
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collect v. [
gather, garner, pull together] assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
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collect v. [
pull in] get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
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collect v. [
pick up, gather up, call for] gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
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