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pick up
English
- 🔊 lift out or reflect from a background“The scarf picks up the color of the skirt”
- 🔊 take up by hand“He picked up the book and started to read”
- 🔊 give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift“We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway”
- 🔊 take and lift upward
- 🔊 register (perceptual input)“pick up a signal”
- 🔊 buy casually or spontaneously“I picked up some food for a snack”
- 🔊 get in addition, as an increase“The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home”
- 🔊 meet someone for sexual purposes“he always tries to pick up girls in bars”
- 🔊 improve significantly“Her performance in school picked up”
- 🔊 eat by pecking at, like a bird
- 🔊 perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily“I caught the aroma of coffee”
- 🔊 gather or collect“You can get the results on Monday”
- 🔊 gain or regain energy“I picked up after a nap”
- 🔊 fill with high spirits“Music can uplift your spirits”
- 🔊 get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally“I learned that she has two grown-up children”
- 🔊 take into custody“the police nabbed the suspected criminals”
Spanish
- 🔊 pepenar to pick up, to collect
- 🔊 apañar to pick up, to grab with the hand
- 🔊 meter fichas to pick up, chat up, flirt with someone (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation)