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to round up
[phrase form: round]
01
to gather people or things, often to organize or deal with them
Transitive: to round up sb/sth
Examples
The teacher had to round up all the students for the field trip.
The police rounded up the suspects in the early morning raid.
02
to raise a numerical value to the next higher whole number
Transitive: to round up a numerical value
Examples
The store manager decided to round up the price of the product to the nearest dollar.
The teacher asked us to round our answers up to the nearest hundred.
03
to arrest a group of individuals, often as part of a law enforcement operation
Transitive: to round up a group of people
Examples
The police decided to round up the suspects involved in the recent crime wave.
Law enforcement officers worked together to round up the gang members.
