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a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week" payment due by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" due make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect" get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man''s unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
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