pick-up
Verbs
- (v) take and lift upward gather up, lift up,
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(v) take up by hand
- He picked up the book and started to read
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(v) give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
- We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway
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(v) gather or collect
- You can get the results on Monday
- She picked up the children at the day care center
- They pick up our trash twice a week
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(v) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
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(v) get in addition, as an increase
- The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home
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(v) take into custody
- the police nabbed the suspected criminals
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(v) buy casually or spontaneously
- I picked up some food for a snack
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(v) register (perceptual input)
- pick up a signal
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(v) lift out or reflect from a background
- The scarf picks up the color of the skirt
- His eyes picked up his smile
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(v) meet someone for sexual purposes
- he always tries to pick up girls in bars
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(v) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
- Music can uplift your spirits
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(v) improve significantly; go from bad to good
- Her performance in school picked up
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(v) perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- I caught the aroma of coffee
- He caught the allusion in her glance
- ears open to catch every sound
- The dog picked up the scent
- Catch a glimpse
- (v) eat by pecking at, like a bird peck,
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(v) gain or regain energy
- I picked up after a nap