Pick up Very Common

Pick up has 18 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Noun

Rare form of pickup.

Verb

take and lift upward

pick up lift up gather up

take up by hand

"He picked up the book and started to read"

pick up

give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift

"We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

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"

collect pick up gather up call for

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"

learn hear get word get wind pick up find out get a line discover see

get in addition, as an increase

"The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"

pick up

take into custody

"the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

collar nail apprehend arrest pick up nab cop

buy casually or spontaneously

"I picked up some food for a snack"

pick up

register (perceptual input)

"pick up a signal"

pick up receive

lift out or reflect from a background

"The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"

"His eyes picked up his smile"

pick up

meet someone for sexual purposes

"he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

pick up

fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

"Music can uplift your spirits"

elate lift up uplift pick up intoxicate

improve significantly; go from bad to good

"Her performance in school picked up"

turn around 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"

catch pick up

eat by pecking at, like a bird

peck pick up

gain or regain energy

"I picked up after a nap"

perk up perk percolate pick up gain vigor

To lift; to grasp and raise.

Example Sentences

"He picked up the book and started to read" verb

"We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway" verb

"You can get the results on Monday" verb

"She picked up the children at the day care center" verb

"They pick up our trash twice a week" verb

"I learned that she has two grown-up children" verb

"I see that you have been promoted" verb

"The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home" verb

"the police nabbed the suspected criminals" verb

"I picked up some food for a snack" verb