pick
ups
Verb
1. pick up - take and lift upward
Synonyms: gather up, lift up
2. pick up - take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started
to read"
3. pick up - give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked
up a hitchhiker on the highway"
4. pick up - 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"
Synonyms: gather up, call for, collect
5. pick up - 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"
Synonyms: get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, find out,
discover, see
6. pick up - get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate
picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
7. pick up - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
criminals"
Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, apprehend
8. pick up - buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some
food for a snack"
9. pick up - recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
Synonyms: receive
10. pick up - lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf
picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up
his smile"
11. pick up - meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always
tries to pick up girls in bars"
12. pick up - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music
can uplift your spirits"
Synonyms: elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up
13. pick up - get better; "Her performance in school picked
up"
Synonyms: turn around
14. pick up - 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"
Synonyms: catch
15. pick up - eat by pecking at, like a bird
Synonyms: peck
16. pick up - gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
Synonyms: gain vigor, perk, perk up, percolate
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