collect up

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The cameras monitor the ball and players, collecting up to 29 data points per player around 50 times per second. — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 July 2026

From Cookie Dough Pompompurin to Cherry Hello Kitty, customers can collect up to 12 scented figures or three color-changing spoons. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 4 May 2026

Frederick County has already collected some $55 million in taxes from the Quantum Frederick project, and could collect up to $215 million annually starting in 2036, according to an October study by consulting firm HR&A Analysis. — Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2026

State regulators planned to collect up to 150 samples from October to December, a small fraction of the more than $1 billion in marijuana products sold in the state annually. — Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for collect up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup