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round up

verb

to gather (animals, suspects, etc) together
to round ponies up
to raise (a number) to the nearest whole number or ten, hundred, or thousand above it Compare round down

noun

the act of gathering together livestock, esp cattle, so that they may be branded, counted, or sold
any similar act of collecting or bringing together
a roundup of today's news
a collection of suspects or criminals by the police, esp in a raid

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Idioms and Phrases

Collect or gather in a body, as in We'll have to round up some more volunteers for the food drive , or The police rounded up all the suspects . This term comes from the West, where since the mid-1800s it has been used for collecting livestock by riding around the herd and driving the animals together. By about 1875 it was extended to other kinds of gathering together.

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We’ve rounded up seven essential ways to witness the Black West in all its grit, glory and gallop.

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Trump even started floating the idea of rounding up American citizens, as well.

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But once invoked for that purpose, the act could be used to involve the military in rounding up illegal immigrants across the country.

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ICE agents are rounding up undocumented immigrants who came to the United States for a better life – tearing families and communities apart.

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The soldiers, who said they were rooting out gunmen threatening Israel, rounded up residents and gave them less than two hours to gather belongings and leave.

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