collected

Related to collected: Collected Works

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

collect on (something)

To request or pursue something that has been offered or promised to one. Remember when you offered to watch the baby? Well, I need to collect on that now. It's time to collect on that debt he owes me.
See also: collect, on

collect up

To gather items. A noun or pronoun can be used between "collect" and "up." I need someone to help me collect up all of these donations for the food drive. Collect your toys up—it's time for bed!
See also: collect, up

cool, calm, and collected

Calm and composed. I was petrified to take the stage, but Alice was cool, calm, and collected, Practicing meditation has helped me to be cool, calm, and collected in times of trouble.
See also: and, collected
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

collect something up

to gather something up. Collect your things up, and let's go. I collected up all my luggage and left.
See also: collect, up

cool, calm, and collected

Cliché [of a person] very calm and poised. James did very well in his TV appearances. He stayed cool, calm, and collected. The bad news didn't seem to distress Jane at all. She remained cool, calm, and collected.
See also: and, collected
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

cool, calm, and collected

Calm and composed, self-possessed. For example, No matter what the board decides, you have to appear cool, calm, and collected in front of the stockholders . This alliterative synonym for cool as a cucumber dates from the late 1800s.
See also: and, collected
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

cool, calm, and collected

mod. cool; unabashed. Albert is almost always cool, calm, and collected.
See also: and, collected
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • collect around
  • collect around (someone or something)
  • 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)
References in periodicals archive
Rs 15825.65 million while in 2017-18, the amount collected as toll fee was
NHA collects Rs 118,163 million from national highways, motorways during past 7 years
In Ekiti 666,591 of 909,967 registered voters collected their PVCs, while in Bayelsa 769,509 of the 923,182 registered voters collected the PVCs.
Elections: Lagos Leads With 5,531,389 PVCs Collected Followed By Kano 4,696,747
And despite not participating in collecting the entire amount, JamboPay courtesy of its contract with City Hall according Ouko billed 4.5percent for the entire amount collected.
Electronic revenue collection has failed, audit report shows
Bins due for collection on Friday, December 28 will be collected on Sunday, December 30.
This is when bins and recycling will be collected in Wales over Christmas 2018; Here you can find information on when your refuse collections will take place over the festive period
Port of Surigao collected P3 million versus its P2 -million target; Port Cagayan de Oro posted P1.804 billion versus its P1.634-billion target; Port of Zamboanga collected P67 million versus its P27-million collection goal; Port of Davao posted P2.458 billion versus its P1.857-billion target; Port of Subic collected P2.347-billion versus its P 2.082-billion target.
Customs fails to hit November collection target
Responding to a question, he said cellular companies had collected Rs1,096,578,187 as sales tax from consumers in last three years.
Cellular companies earned Rs412.28 billion from consumers in last 3 years, Senate told
MMDA data includes trash collected from 27 cemeteries in 15 cities and 1 municipality in Metro Manila.
MMDA gathers close to 10 truckloads of trash from 27 cemeteries
Paint mist in conventional paint booth is collected by a device called venturi scrubber placed under the work (Figure 1).
Development of paint booth: "New Paint Mist Collection Method"
SALTBURN ANIMAL RESCUE ASSOCIATION (SARA) Wish tokens collected: 109,892 Prize received: PS1,286.13.
Your top 10 winners and the cash they received
The highest amount of collected municipal waste was registered in the Skopje Region--147,220 tonnes, or 26.5 percent of the total collected amount in the Republic of Macedonia.
Skopje region registers: most municipal waste
Last year, Rumney RFC collected 21,136 tokens and received PS431.86, Birchgrove Primary School collected 20,708 and received PS423.11 and 1st Trowbridge 83rd Cardiff Scout Group collected 19,786 tokens and received PS404.28.
New choir wishes to make lovely music
Grey recycling bins and green waste bins are collected every other week.
When are your bins collected?
We collected 11052 tokens We received PS121.25 Addison Street Carers' Association We are a registered charity run by the parents and carers of children and young people who access Addison Street Short Break Unit in North Shields.
Cash For Your community
From the Transport Department, the government expected to collect Rs 565 million but only Rs 192 million could be collected. It had been estimated that Rs 2,018 million would be collected from Communication and Works but only Rs 832 million were collected.
Govt failed to collect tax, non-tax revenue last year