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Pick up
Meaning
Verb
●
To
lift
; to
grasp
and raise.
●
To
collect
an
object
, especially in passing.
●
To
acquire
(something)
accidentally
; to
catch
(a disease).
●
To
clean up
; to
return
to an
organized
state.
●
To
collect
a passenger.
●
To
collect
and
detain
(a suspect).
●
In Media:
To
obtain
and
publish
a story
,
news
item
, etc.
●
To improve, increase, or
speed
up.
●
To
restart
or resume.
●
To
learn
, to
grasp
; to
begin
to understand; to realize.
●
To
receive
(a
radio signal
or the like).
●
To
notice
,
detect
or
discern
; to
pick up
on
●
To
point out
the
behaviour
,
habits
, or
actions
of (a person) in a
critical
manner
; used with on.
●
To
meet
and
seduce
somebody for
romantic
purposes
, especially in a social situation.
●
To
answer
a telephone.
●
To
receive
calls
; to
function
correctly.
●
To
pay
for.
●
To reduce the
despondency
of.
●
To
take control
(physically) of something.
●
In Football (soccer):
To
mark
, to
defend
against an
opposition
player
by
following
them closely.
●
To
record
; to
notch
up.
●
In Sports:
To
behave
in a manner
that results in a foul.
●
In American English & Military:
To
promote
somebody who was
previously
passed
over.
Noun
●
Rare form of pickup.
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Wiktionary
Synonyms
Learn
Blag
Pickup
Seduce
Hit On
Pick Up The Phone
Antonyms
Put Down
Drop Off
Mess Up
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