1. To convene or assemble around a particular person or thing. All of the kids eagerly gathered around Santa Claus. Come on, fellas, gather round the campfire! 2. To cause people to convene or assemble around oneself or a particular person or thing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "gather" and "[a]round." Santa Claus gathered all of the children around himself to hand out gifts. Please gather everyone around the campfire. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. to collect people or things around oneself; to draw someone or something to oneself. He gathered a lot of arty people around himself. She liked to gather exotic plants around herself. Grandpa gathered all the kids around and read them a story. to collect around someone or something. Let's all gather around her and hear her out. Please gather around the table for dinner. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. v. 1. To come to some place and form a group; assemble at: The cowboys gathered round the campfire. 2. To cause some people or things to come to a place; bring some people or things together around a place: We gathered the tour group around the exhibit and began our talk. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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It was chill and dark, and all, except him, were glad to gather around the fire.
The sons of the ocean gather around. Silent and sad they rise on the wave.
So Dorothy sat on the hearth-shelf of the big range, and the subjects of Utensia began to gather around in a large and inquisitive throng.
The Noah's arks are packed one within another, with clockwork horses harnessed to them; the soldiers, knapsack on back, are kissing their hands to the dear foolish girls, who, however, will not be left behind them; all the four-footed things gather around the elephant, who is overful of drawing-room furniture; the birds flutter their wings; the man with the scythe mows his way through the crowd; the balloons tug at their strings; the ships rock under a swell of sail, everything is getting ready for the mighty exodus into the Strand.
Zeb shook the reins to rouse the cab-horse from his stupor of amazement, for the people were beginning to gather around and stare at the strangers.
Many gather around the Pyramids and the Sphinx lighted with many colors to celebrate the New Year's Eve-Ahmed Maarouf/Egypt Today CAIRO -- 1 January 2019: Many gathered around the Pyramids and the Sphinx, which were lighted with many colors to celebrate the New Year's Eve.
"We're not a people who gather around the archbishop, or who gather around a priest--we gather around Christ, and we gather around Christ's gospel," she said.
People gather around a fire during morning in Dhaka yesterday.
Reviving the trend for the fourth year in a row, Riyadh International Catering Corporation [RICC] has set up tents inside a number of shopping malls in Riyadh, Eastern Province and the Northern Region, where children gather around a Hakawati to enjoy listening to Arabic folk tales.
crazy or insane, off your rocker If I had to listen to that noise all the time, I'd go around the bend.twenty-four hours, 'round the clock Julie worked around the clock to finish her sewing project.speak indirectly or evasively Stop beating around the bush and give us your final decision.experienced, not naive, wasn't born yesterday "Margo's been around; she can work with the convicts."drive around, drive your car for fun, cruise """Where have you been?"" ""Bombin' around in Rod's car."""restore to health or consciousness, cure The medical workers were able to bring the man around after the accident.much better than you, no contest Why do you play cards with her? She can play circles around you.begin to co-operate, believe, come onside When he reads the report, he'll come around. He'll believe us.drive a car up and down the streets, tooling around At night we drove around town, looking for something to do.play instead of work, goof off, hang out When we were kids we used to fart around at my uncle's store.tinker, do something in an unplanned way I tried fiddling around with the computer printer for awhile but it still wonfind a way not to pay, avoid a rule, get around If you want to find a way around a tax law, talk to Sammy.spend time playing rather than working, waste time If he would spend less time fooling around he would be able to get some work done.go to different places, move about He really gets around. He has been to almost every state in the United States.avoid rules or laws, find a way around You must obtain a business license. You can't get around it.do, work at, complete I haven't got around to calling him yet. I haven't had time.understand, comprehend, wrap your mind around He explained DNA, but I can't get my mind around it.[See the runaround]go from one place or person to another We decided to go around from one shop to another until we found a good present.without getting anywhere, uselessly He has been going around in circles for weeks now and still hasn[See around the bend]be friends with, hang out with At the time, I was going around with a girl named Diane.pass time or stay someplace without any real purpose or aim We decided to stay home and hang around on Sunday rather than go out to the game.have been to many places and done many things, be experienced My brother has really been around and has been overseas many times.play, joke, fool around, goof off Don't horse around in the lab. You could spill some acid.tell me lies, play games Don't jack me around, man. I need to know who took my car.not be honest with me, jack me around Don't jerk me around. I want to know if you've seen my child.play and tell jokes, fool around They were joking around after class - rapping and laughing.lie around in a place I was tired on Saturday so I stayed home and kicked around in the morning."lying around here; is here or there or somewhere near" """Do you have a hammer?"" ""Ya, there's one kickin' around here somewhere."""be friends with, hang around with Lynn used to knock around with us. She was our friend.know how to survive, be worldly wise To live on the street, you have to know your way around.play around, engage in idle activity The children were messing around in the school yard before the class began.look for something private or secret, explore, pry The reporters spend a lot of time nosing around in the business of famous people.look for something kept private or secret, pry The secretary was nosing around in her boss's desk trying to discover what was going on.pass from person to person in the room, hand out The speaker passed around a sheet of paper for us to sign.have other mates, sleep around She knows he's playing around, but she won't confront him.make someone do what you want He is always pushing around his salesmen and saleswomen.future becomes present, future date arrives, time passes By the time your birthday rolls around, I'll have no money to buy you a present.go to different places for entertainment or to do things We ran around all day and now we are very tired.act confused, do a lot but accomplish little I have been running around all day but I canrun faster than you, win easily Billy can run circles around any boy in school. He's very fast.[See the runaround]carelessly put in different places His papers are always scattered around his house so he is never able to find anything.loaf about, hang around without doing anything I spent the morning screwing around and didnlook in many places for an item or items We didngo to various stores to look for something We shopped around for a month before we bought a new stereo system.show you where things are, guide you When we get to the ranch, follow me. I'll show you around.sleep with and make love to many partners Harry was sleeping around before his wife divorced him.stay or wait nearby We decided to stick around after the game to talk for awhile. 1. Để triệu tập hoặc tập hợp xung quanh một người hoặc một vật cụ thể. Tất cả những đứa trẻ đều háo hức quây quần bên ông già Noel. Nào, các bạn, quây quần bên đống lửa trại! 2. Để khiến tất cả người triệu tập hoặc tập hợp xung quanh chính mình hoặc một người hoặc một vật cụ thể. Trong cách sử dụng này, một danh từ hoặc lớn từ có thể được sử dụng giữa "tập hợp" và "[a] vòng." Ông già Noel vừa tập hợp tất cả trẻ em xung quanh mình để phát quà. Hãy tập hợp tất cả người xung quanh lửa trại .. Xem thêm: tập hợp để thu thập những người hoặc những thứ xung quanh mình; để vẽ một ai đó hoặc một cái gì đó cho chính mình. Anh ấy tập hợp rất nhiều người xung quanh mình. Cô thích thu thập những cây lạ xung quanh mình. Ông nội tập hợp tất cả những đứa trẻ xung quanh và đọc cho chúng một câu chuyện .. Xem thêm: xung quanh, tập hợp để thu thập xung quanh ai đó hoặc điều gì đó. Tất cả hãy tập trung xung quanh cô ấy và lắng nghe cô ấy nói. Mời bạn quây quần bên bàn ăn tối .. Xem thêm: quây quần, quây quần hay quây quần. 1. Để đến một nơi nào đó và thành lập một nhóm; tập hợp tại: Các cao bồi quây quần bên đống lửa trại.
2. Để gây ra một số người hoặc sự vật đến một nơi; đưa một số người hoặc đồ vật lại với nhau quanh một đất điểm: Chúng tui tập hợp nhóm du lịch xung quanh triển lãm và bắt đầu cuộc nói chuyện của mình. . Xem thêm: xung quanh, gom. Xem thêm: