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Definition: Meaning of, pick up in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / pɪk ʌp /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
pick up picked up picked up
Present Participle Third Person Singular
picking up picks up
  1. [transitive] to lift someone or something up from a surface
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  2. [transitive] to lift things up and put them in the place where they are kept in order to make a place tidy
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  3. [intransitive/transitive] American English to make a place clean and tidy
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  4. [transitive] to lift something up and take it away
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  5. [transitive] to go and meet someone or something that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle
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  6. to take someone who is waiting by the road into your vehicle and take them somewhere
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  7. informal to arrest someone and take them away in a car
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  8. [transitive] to learn a new skill or start a habit without intending to
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  9. [transitive] informal to get an illness
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  10. [transitive] informal to buy something
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  11. [transitive] to notice a smell or sound, or to notice that someone or something is present
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  12. [intransitive/transitive] to start something again, from the point where you stopped
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  13. [intransitive] to improve
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  14. if something such as the wind picks up, it becomes stronger
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  15. pick up speed if something picks up speed, it starts to move faster
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  16. [transitive] informal to receive an electronic signal on a radio or similar piece of equipment
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  17. [transitive] informal to start talking to someone because you want to have sex with them
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  18. [transitive] informal to earn money
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  19. [transitive] informal to win something such as a prize
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  20. pick up the bill / tab informal to pay for something
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  21. pick up the pieces to try to return to a normal life after a difficult experience
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  22. pick up the threads (of something) to return to a situation that existed before something went wrong
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