Meaning of gather strength | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To build up the motivation to do something difficult.
2. To become more effective.

Equivalents

Examples

“The campaign's strategy is gathering strength.”

“Does this mean⟳ that freedom is valued only when it is lost, that the world must everywhere go through a dark phase of socialist totalitarianism before the forces of freedom can gather strength anew?”

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