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collect around (someone or something)
To gather around someone or something. The kids collected around the clown to watch him make balloon animals.
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.
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!
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.
collect something up
to gather something up. Collect your things up, and let's go. I collected up all my luggage and left.
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.
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.
cool, calm, and collected
mod. cool; unabashed. Albert is almost always cool, calm, and collected.