Gather
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
Gather is a synonym for take in assume topic. Sometimes you can use "Gather" instead a verb "Take", if it concerns topics such as understand.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- And he intended from the very beginning for Hotsuma to gather all of the souls of each foe he had sent to take him out, at which point he'd defeat Hotsuma and take all those souls for himself.
Source: Batman Gambit / Video Games - In another Season 6 example, after Euron becomes King of the Iron Islands, Theon and Yara gather up their supporters and flee with as much of the Iron Fleet as they can take with them.
- Glad I Thought of It:Thwomp 1: What we need to do is to gather all thwomps, and take over!
Source: Web Animation / The Thwomps
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