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.
Examples of collect up in a Sentence
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The law also gave the Denver Labor team the right to collect up to 300% of unpaid wages as civil damages to compensate workers.
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Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Then there was gathering the samples themselves—leading a group of untrained locals to collect up to 100 samples from different parts of the river.
—Andrew Kersley, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
The tax took effect in 2022 and is set to collect up to $23 billion over the next five years, said Rep. Frank Pallone, a New Jersey Democrat who pushed for reinstatement of the tax in the 2021 law.
—Matthew Daly, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
Parts of Houston had collected up to 4 inches of rain early Monday.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
The human eye only collects up to 0.2 seconds of visual data before uploading it to the brain.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
Households with more than eight members can collect up to $211 in additional SNAP benefits.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2023
Many locations, especially near the Coast Range will collect up even higher rainfall amounts.
—oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2023
The team of excavators worked the first months of this year collecting up to eight tons of garbage that covered the top of the hill, which is next to the training field and headquarters for the Sporting Cristal soccer club.
—Franklin BriceÑo, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Then there was gathering the samples themselves—leading a group of untrained locals to collect up to 100 samples from different parts of the river.
—Andrew Kersley, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
The tax took effect in 2022 and is set to collect up to $23 billion over the next five years, said Rep. Frank Pallone, a New Jersey Democrat who pushed for reinstatement of the tax in the 2021 law.
—Matthew Daly, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2024
Parts of Houston had collected up to 4 inches of rain early Monday.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
The human eye only collects up to 0.2 seconds of visual data before uploading it to the brain.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
Households with more than eight members can collect up to $211 in additional SNAP benefits.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2023
Many locations, especially near the Coast Range will collect up even higher rainfall amounts.
—oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2023
The team of excavators worked the first months of this year collecting up to eight tons of garbage that covered the top of the hill, which is next to the training field and headquarters for the Sporting Cristal soccer club.
—Franklin BriceÑo, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
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“Collect up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collect%20up. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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