group (redirected from grouping)

group someone or something around someone or something

to gather people or things around people or things. The photographer grouped the wedding party around the bride for the picture. The photographer then grouped them around the cake.

See also: around

group someone or something together

to gather people or things together. Try to group all the smokers together at one table. Steve grouped all the dictionaries together.

See also: together

group something under something

to classify something under some category. They have now grouped the fungi under their own families. We should group all the older ones under a separate category.

nose someone or a group out

to defeat someone or something by a narrow margin. (Alludes to a horse winning a race "by a nose.") Karen nosed Bobby out in the election for class president by one vote. Our team nosed out the opposing team in last Friday's game.

See also: nose, out

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a ginger group  (British & Australian)

a small group within a larger political party or organization that tries to persuade the other members to accept their beliefs and ideas He was soon won over to the left wing as a member of a marginal ginger group called the New Beginning.