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- Definition
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- pick 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
- 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
- pick up :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
- pick up :buy casually or spontaneously
- I picked up some food for a snack
- pick up :register (perceptual input)