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means To collect or accumulate something, usually bit by bit, like attention, support, or praise.

from From Old French 'gernier,' rooted in Latin 'granarium' — a granary, the place where grain was stored after harvest. To 'garner' crops originally meant literally stashing them away for safekeeping. The word kept its sense of careful accumulation even after it drifted from wheat to more abstract harvests, like praise or respect.