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Verb
en-verb|picks up|picking up|picked up|picked up idiom

1. transitive To lift; to grasp and raise.

#:When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.

1. transitive To collect an object, especially in passing.

#:Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?

1. transitive|or|intransitive To clean up; to return to an organized state.

#: Aren't you going to pick up after yourself?
#*1971-1977, "Or", w:The Electric Company|The Electric Company
#*: Bayn Johnson: Pick up you room
#*: June Angela: or you can't have a snack.

1. transitive To collect a passenger.

#:I'll pick you up outside the library.

1. intransitive To improve, increase, or speed up.

#:Prices seem to be picking up again.

1. intransitive To restart or resume.

#:Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.

1. transitive To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.

#:It looks complicated, but you'll soon pick it up.

1. transitive To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".

#:Did you pick up his nervousness?
#:Did you pick up on his nervousness?

1. transitive To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation, sometimes used with "on".

#:He was in the fabric store not to buy fabric but to pick up women.
#:She could tell he intended to pick up on her.

1. transitive|or|intransitive To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.

#:I'm calling him, but he just isn't picking up!

1. Of a signal, to receive.

#:With the new antenna, I can pick up stations all the way from Omaha.

1. To pay for.

#:The company will pick up lunch with customers for sales calls.

Translations
trans-top|To lift; to grasp and raise
Finnish: nostaa, poimia
trans-mid
French: soulever
trans-bottom

trans-top|To improve, increase, or speed up
Finnish: nousta, kasvaa
trans-mid
French: s'améliorer
trans-bottom

trans-top|To restart or resume
Finnish: jatkaa
trans-mid
French: [[reprendre
trans-bottom

trans-top|to collect an object, especially in passing
Finnish: ottaa samalla
trans-mid
French: prendre (au passage), collecter
trans-bottom

trans-top|To collect a passenger
Finnish: otaa kyytiin
trans-mid
French: prendre (qqn en voiture)
trans-bottom

trans-top|To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand
Finnish: ymmärtää, oppia
trans-mid
French: saisir (Comprendre)
trans-bottom

trans-top|To notice, detect or discern
Finnish: huomata, panna merkille
trans-mid
French: noter
trans-bottom

trans-top|To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes
Finnish: iskeä
trans-mid
French: draguer
trans-bottom

trans-top|To answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone
Finnish: vastata
trans-mid
French: prendre (ex: l'appel)
Spanish: contestar
trans-bottom

trans-top|Of a signal, to receive
Finnish: vastaanottaa
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To pay for
Finnish: maksaa
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Portuguese: coletar algo
mid
ttbc|Spanish: pepenar italbrac|Central America|Mexico

Noun
pick up, pick-up or pickup

1. A casual athletic game.

#:Rather than join a basketball league, James decided to play pick up.

1. The act of picking up something or someone.
2. US A pickup truck.

Translations
trans-top|A casual athletic game
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|The act of picking up something or someone
Finnish: kyytiin ottaminen
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|A pickup truck
Finnish: avopakettiauto, pickup
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Related terms
pick up truck
pick up artist
pick up line
pick up joint
pick up stitches

fr:pick up
ko:pick up
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ru:pick up

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