Antonyms for round up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : round

Phonetic Transcription : raʊnd

Definition of round up

Origin : late 13c., from Anglo-French rounde, Old French roont (12c., Modern French rond), probably originally *redond, from Vulgar Latin *retundus (cf. Provençal redon, Spanish redondo, Old Italian ritondo), from Latin rotundus "like a wheel, circular, round," related to rota "wheel" (see rotary).
As an adverb from c.1300; as a preposition from c.1600. In many uses it is a shortened form of around. The French word is the source of Middle Dutch ront (Dutch rond), Middle High German runt (German rund) and similar Germanic words.
Of numbers from mid-14c., from earlier sense "full, complete, brought to completion" (mid-14c., notion of symmetry extended to that of completeness). First record of round trip is from 1844, originally of railways. Round heels attested from 1926, in reference to incompetent boxers, 1927 in reference to loose women, in either case implying an inability to avoid ending up flat on one's back.

verb collect, gather

Example sentences :

We'll round up every able bodied citizen in Zyobor and get to work.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

And I'll have to round up some folks and get old Brundage out of there.
Extract from : « Dream Town » by Henry Slesar

"You'd better let me round up your household goods," he suggested.
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

Tom was going to the home ranch,––to round up Al, very likely.
Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower

We ought to round up every mother's son of 'em while we are about it.
Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer

It was impossible to “round up” the enemy and bring him into a combat to the finish.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

Round up the sheriffs from here to the end of the mountains?
Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick

"We're going to use the car to round up the others," added Dick.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys in the Air » by Edward Stratemeyer

As soon as we can round up some people to help us on the ship.
Extract from : « The Cosmic Computer » by Henry Beam Piper

I'll round up this spook tonight for good, and then the vassal's task is done.
Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Paul Dickey

Synonyms for round up

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