pick up
Misollar
- This unit cannot pick up items.
- Could you pick up the kids?
- Can you pick up my packages?
- She can't pick up trash.
- We'll pick up the sauce.
- Did you pick up the bag?
fe’l verb
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To lift; to grasp and raise.
When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.
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To collect an object, especially in passing.
Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?
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To clean up; to return to an organized state.
Aren't you going to pick up after yourself?
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To collect a passenger.
I'll pick you up outside the library.
ot noun
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(usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
At lunch we had a game of pickup hockey.
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An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist.
Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.
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The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also gain
The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith
- An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.