round up

Meaning

1. 1

   round sb / sth up

   to find and gather together people, animals or things

   I rounded up a few friends for a party.

2. 2

   round sb / sth up

   if police or soldiers round up a group of people, they find them and arrest or capture them

In the movies · 54

• We gotta round up chicks for Paige.We Are Your Friends2015
• You boys go round up the herd.3:10 to Yuma2007
• Mr. Filch? Round up the ghosts.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004
• I'll round up the Thrombeys at the house,Knives Out2019
• Ready to go round up your buddies?Shazam!2019
• Oh, I'm sure we can round up some ornaments somewhere.The Holdovers2023
• -Round up some grills? -Yeah.Come from Away2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night
• Come from Away2021
  • Gander Learns of the Emergency
  • Planes Land Unexpectedly in Gander
  • Gander Declares a State of Emergency

From the same entry

• round about
• next, first, second, time round
• round here
• a millstone around your neck
• do the rounds
• in the round
• round off
• round on
• have been around