collect up
phrasal verb
collected up; collecting up; collects up
British
: to gather (things) together
I collected up the dishes and brought them to the kitchen.
The children collected their toys up and put them away.
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Its double-filter system includes a stainless steel filter to keep out large debris and a HEPA filter that can collect up to 99.99% of all dust particles.
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Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
At the Bab al-Hawa crossing — the main entry point to northern Syria for civilian, humanitarian and commercial traffic — HTS collected up to $15 million per month.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Sanitation will collect up to 20 cubic yards of debris at no additional charge.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 11 June 2024
The sponge collected up to 99.5 percent of the gold by weight from liquids with gold concentrations as low as three parts per million.
—Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
Tipsters can collect up to a $500 reward for information that leads to an arrest.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
With economists forecasting more rate cuts in the coming months, savers who’ve been collecting up to 5% interest on their cash, without risk, will likely need to look elsewhere to get similar returns, Large said.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
Researchers are expected to release next year a final study of the program, which will include data on recipients collected up to six months after the close of the program.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
After landing on the moon’s far side at the ancient South Pole-Aitken basin, the lander module collected up to two kilograms of precious lunar surface material using its drill tool and robotic arm scoop and drill tools.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
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Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
At the Bab al-Hawa crossing — the main entry point to northern Syria for civilian, humanitarian and commercial traffic — HTS collected up to $15 million per month.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Sanitation will collect up to 20 cubic yards of debris at no additional charge.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 11 June 2024
The sponge collected up to 99.5 percent of the gold by weight from liquids with gold concentrations as low as three parts per million.
—Ben Guarino, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
Tipsters can collect up to a $500 reward for information that leads to an arrest.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
With economists forecasting more rate cuts in the coming months, savers who’ve been collecting up to 5% interest on their cash, without risk, will likely need to look elsewhere to get similar returns, Large said.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2024
Researchers are expected to release next year a final study of the program, which will include data on recipients collected up to six months after the close of the program.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024
After landing on the moon’s far side at the ancient South Pole-Aitken basin, the lander module collected up to two kilograms of precious lunar surface material using its drill tool and robotic arm scoop and drill tools.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
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“Collect up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collect%20up. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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