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. — 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

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