verb · irregular · intransitive · common

take up a collection

take up a collection · takes up a collection · took up a collection · taken up a collection · taking up a collection

To request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for…To request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose.

» Mennad took Baya's collection.

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Meaning

1 senses

(idiomatic)To request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose.

Examples

1 sentences

Mennad took Baya's collection.
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Forms

takes up a collection, taking up a collection, took up a collection, taken up a collection

Base form	take up a collection · to take up a collection
3rd person singular	takes up a collection
Present participle	taking up a collection
Past simple	took up a collection
Past participle	taken up a collection

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	take up a collection
he, she, it	takes up a collection

Past simpleLesson

all persons

took up a collection

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have taken up a collection
he, she, it	has taken up a collection

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will take up a collection

Synonyms

1 synonyms

pass the hat

Word family

1 related words

Relatedcollection plate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle