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- take hold of and lift or move someone or something:"I reached out and picked up a magazine" · "picking her up, he carried her from the room"
- answer a phone call:"the phone rang and rang and nobody picked up" · "let the machine pick it up and return the call later"
- informalpay the bill for something, especially when others have contributed to the expense:"as usual, we had to pick up the tab"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHtidy a room or building:"finish your homework and pick up your room"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHput something away neatly:"will you pick up all your toys?"
- golflift up one's ball, especially when conceding a hole.
- go somewhere to collect someone, typically in one's car:"will you pick the children up from school?"
- stop for someone to board a train, boat, etc.:"they were picked up by a passing ship"
- informalarrest someone:"he was picked up by the police for questioning"
- informalcasually strike up a conversation with a stranger, with the aim of having sex with them:"one night I picked up a stranger in a bar"
- return to a point made by someone in order to criticize it:"she picked him up on one niggling point"
- make someone feel more energetic and cheerful:"songs to pick you up and make you feel good"
- stand up again after a fall:"Emily picked herself up off the grass"
- collect something that has been left elsewhere:"Wanda came over to pick up her things"
- obtain, acquire, or learn something, especially in an informal way:"he had picked up a little Russian from his father"
- catch an illness or infection:"I've picked up some kind of flu bug"
- become better; improve:"my luck's picked up"
- become stronger; increase:"the wind has picked up"
- detect or receive a signal or sound, especially by means of electronic apparatus:"we've picked up a distress signal" · "the animals had picked up their scent and were following their trail"
- become aware of or sensitive to something:"she is very quick to pick up emotional atmospheres" · "it is more likely that such a problem would be picked up by professionals" · "I failed to pick up on the humor in his remark"
- find and take a particular road or route:"they veered left and picked up the road which ran alongside the river"
- resume something:"let's pick up where we left off yesterday" · "they picked up their friendship without the slightest difficulty" · "he picked up the story in the 1950s"
- refer to or develop a point or topic mentioned earlier:"Dawson picked up her earlier remark" · "if I could just pick up on a question you raised earlier"
- (of an object or color) attractively accentuate the color of something else by being of a similar shade:"her earrings picked up the blue in her outfit"
nounpick-up (noun)- a small truck with an enclosed cab and open back.
- an act of collecting a person or goods, especially in a vehicle:"travel by bus from your local pickup point to your hotel" · "curbside pickup"
- informala casual encounter with someone, with a view to having sex:"most people met through casual pickups"
- a person encountered with a view to having sex.
- an improvement in an economic indicator:"signs of a pickup in demand"
- a device that produces an electrical signal in response to some other kind of signal or change.
- the cartridge of a record player, carrying the stylus.
- a device on a musical instrument, particularly an electric guitar, that converts string vibrations into electrical signals for amplification.
- the reception of signals, especially interference or noise, by electrical apparatus:"this microphone helps reduce the pickup of background noise"
- musica series of introductory notes leading into the opening part of a tune.
- fishinga semicircular loop of metal for guiding the line back on to the spool as it is reeled in.
adjectivepick-up (adjective)- informal and spontaneous:"six players had started a full-court pickup basketball game"
Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a small truck with an enclosed cab and open back.
- an improvement in an economic indicator:
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- Pick up can mean12345:
- To take up (something) with a hand or other body part or with an instrument.
- To increase in strength or speed.
- To grasp something (as with one's hands) and lift it up vertically.
- To bring together in one body or place.
- Synonyms include collect, assemble, gather, accumulate, round up, get together, and garner.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.pick up 1. To take up (something) with a hand or other body part or with an instrument: Could you pick up that book?www.thefreedictionary.com/pick+upTo “pick up” means to increase in strength or speed.plainenglish.com/expressions/pick-up/As a verb, pick up literally means to pick something up. It is an action verb and verb phrase with a one-word noun/adjective counterpart. A few other examples of this include runaway and run away, workout and work out, and payback and pay back .
grammarist.com/spelling/pickup-pick-up/pick up 1. verb Literally, to grasp something (as with one's hands) and lift it up vertically. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up."idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pick+upto bring together in one body or place pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark. Synonyms & Similar Words. collect. assemble. gather. accumulate. round up. get together. garner.
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