Idiom
gather way
Meaning
To begin to move
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The small boat began to gather way in the wind.”
“As the wind picked up, the ship started to gather way and left the harbor behind.”
“The heavy train slowly gathered way, its wheels grinding against the tracks as it finally departed the station.”
Examples
simple
“The small boat began to gather way in the wind.”
contextual
“As the wind picked up, the ship started to gather way and left the harbor behind.”
complex
“The heavy train slowly gathered way, its wheels grinding against the tracks as it finally departed the station.”
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