collect around (someone or something)

collect around (someone or something)

To gather around someone or something. The kids collected around the clown to watch him make balloon animals.
See also: around, collect
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

collect around someone or something

to gather around someone or something; to accumulate around someone or something. The guests collected around the table that held the birthday cake. The children collected around the birthday boy.
See also: around, collect
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • collect around
  • collected
  • cluster
  • cluster around
  • cluster around (someone or something)
  • crowd around
  • crowd around (someone or something)
  • gaze around at (someone or something)
  • flock around
  • flock around (someone or something)