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.
- 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)