collect something up

Even the small boat used to collect up the bottles had to be destroyed.

She made no answer but began to collect up her things.

He tells them to collect up as many of the games as they can.

I'm going to collect up some herbs for a poultice.

He collected up the icons and brushed them clean with his hand.

He'd asked Jake to collect up a small box of children's possessions, and had seen the boy doing it.

He went to his knees and collected it up with both hands.

Behind me, the boys collected up their things and quietly left the room.

He collected up the files and mimed going outside to work on them.

A big crowd of people was milling about, collecting it up.