round up

[round up] {v.}

1. To bring together (cattle or horses).

* /Cowboys round up their cattle in the springtime to brand the new calves./

2. {informal} To collect; gather.

* /Dave rounded up many names for his petition./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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