1 to gather

2 to collect

1 to gather

2 to collect

3 collected works

4 classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode

1 to concentrate

2 to centralize

3 to focus

4 centralized

5 concentrated

6 to put together

1 group

2 bloc

3 corporation

4 conglomerate

1 collective (decision)

2 joint (effort)

3 a group

4 a team

5 en masse

6 as a group

1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)

2 fig. to display ambidexterity

3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession

4 to use both feet equally (football)

1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions

2 overly fearful

1 lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)

2 fig. to bluff

3 to be all talk and no action

4 false bravado

1 lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom)

2 fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back

3 to have to finish what one started

4 to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks

1 collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit

2 to profit from widespread suggestions