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gather around
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gather around
assemble, bunch, bunch up, clot, cluster, collect, come together, congregate, converge, copulate, couple, crowd, crystallize, date, draw up, fall in, fall into line, fall into place, fall into rank, flock together, flow together, forgather, form, fuse, gang around, gang up, gather, herd together, hive, horde, huddle, league, link, mass, meet, merge, mill, muster, place itself, rally, rally around, rally round, range itself, rendezvous, seethe, shape up, stream, surge, swarm, take form, take its place, take order, take rank, take shape, throng, uniteFor further exploring for "gather around" in Webster Dictionary Online