Verb gather up has 2 senses
  1. pick up, lift up, gather up - take and lift upward
    --1 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. collect, 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"
    --2 is one way to get, acquire
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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