A Phrasal Verb a Day

= when a group of people move close to one person, so they are surrounding him/her in order to listen to them say something. "Gather round everybody, I want to tell you something" "It was a dark and stormy night, and the captain of the ship said to his crew 'gather round lads, and I'll tell you a story...' and so he began: 'It was a dark and stormy night..."