take up a collection
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No one needs to take up a collection for players who advance deep into tournaments, but the economics of being a solid professional tennis player can be challenging.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2021
Lebow had to take up a collection to get Rodgers’s car back.
From Salon • Oct. 18, 2018
Quorum Court members take up a collection for the children during holidays, she said.
From Washington Times • May 2, 2016
As such, it would be good manners for them to take up a collection and send creator Greg Berlanti a sumptuous fruit basket posthaste.
From Slate • May 18, 2012
"I thought if you were taking up a collection," I told her, "I could make a small contribution. You could keep the money for when you do take up a collection."
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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