compact

to assemble

to serve as a stopgap

to take care of

child-rearing

fortuitously

to join in the fun

to raise a child or a pet

at hand

coincidentally; as chance would; it just so happens that

to gather enough players to start something

to gather the sufficient amount; coincidentally; as chance would; it just so happens that

to put together various bits

to comply in order to please others

(noun) an old nanny; mothers who take care children

to bring together

seems like (spoken)

to put together

to raise enough money to do sth

to pad an order; to add extra items to an order so as to reach the minimum spend required to use a coupon, get a discount or qualify for free shipping

to approach

to scrape together enough (people, money etc)

to collect all the bits to make a whole