herd together
Amass into group
To herd together is to gather into a group, like animals being driven into a flock.
People herd together when crowded into a space or moving as a mass: Security herded everyone together in the lobby.
The phrase can suggest lack of individual agency—people treated like cattle rather than autonomous beings.
- huddleClose protective gathering
- crowdLarge public gathering
- congregateGather as a group
- round upGather into a group
- cattle driveMoving herd to market
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