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ROUND UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seek out and bring together
Example:
round up some loyal followers
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "round up" is one way to...):
collect; garner; gather; pull together (assemble or get together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to round up the prisoners
Derivation:
roundup (the systematic gathering up of suspects by the police)
roundup (the activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold)
