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pick up Idiom

pick up

learn, understand, catch on We pick up the street idioms faster than the grammar, eh.

pick up a trail/scent

recognize the trail of a hunted person or animal The tracking dogs were able to pick up the trail of the criminal easily.

pick up speed

increase the speed of The car picked up speed as it began to go down the hill.

pick up the pace

go a little faster, step on it We're walking rather slowly. Can we pick up the pace?

pick up the pieces

put together again, mend After her husband died, she tried to pick up the pieces of her life.

pick up the tab

pay the bill, pay the shot Who picked up the tab for the hotel rooms? Who paid?

pick up the check

Idiom(s): pick up the tab AND pick up the check

Theme: PAYMENT

to pay the bill. (Informal.)
• Whenever we go out, my father picks up the tab.
• Order whatever you want. The company is picking up the check.

Pick up your ears

To listen very carefully.

pick up|pick

v. 1. To take up; lift. During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard. 2. informal To pay for someone else. After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up the check. 3. To take on or away; receive; get. At the next corner the bus stopped and picked up three people. 4. To get from different places at different times; a little at a time; collect. He had picked up rare coins in seaports all over the world. 5. To get without trying; get accidentally. He picked up knowledge of radio just by staying around the radio station. Billy picked up a cold at school. 6a. To gather together; collect. When the carpenter finished making the cabinet, he began picking up his tools. 6b. To make neat and tidy; tidy up; put in order. Pick up your room before Mother sees it. 6c. To gather things together; tidy a place up. It's almost dinner time, children. Time to pick up and get ready. 7. To catch the sound of. He picked up Chicago on the radio. 8. To get acquainted with (someone) without an introduction; make friends with (a person of the other sex). Mother told Mary not to walk home by herself from the party because some stranger might try to pick her up. 9. informal To take to the police station or jail; arrest. Police picked the man up for burglary. 10. To recognize the trail of a hunted person or animal; find. State police picked up the bandit's trail. The dogs picked up the fox's smell. 11. To make (someone) feel better; refresh. A little food will pick you up. 12a. To increase (the speed); make (the speed) faster. The teacher told her singing class to pick up the tempo. The car picked up speed. 12b. To become faster; become livelier. The speed of the train began to pick up. After the band practiced for a while, the music began to pick up. 13. To start again after interruption; go on with. The class picked up the story where they had left it before the holiday. They met after five years, and picked up their friendship as if there had been no interruption. 14. informal To become better; recover; gain. She picked up in her schoolwork. He picked up gradually after a long illness. His spirits picked up as he came near home.

pick up the tab|pick|pick up|tab

v. phr. To pay the bill in a restaurant; be the one who underwrites financially what others are doing. "I am always the one who picks up the tab," Charlie complained bitterly. "Others get away with being freeloaders."
Compare: FOOT THE BILL.

pick-me-up|pick|pick up

n. phr. Something you take when you feel tired or weak. John stopped at a drugstore for a pick-me-up after working three hours overtime. Mary always carried a bar of chocolate in her pocketbook for a pick-me-up.

pick up on

pick up on
Become aware of, notice, as in The teacher picked up on her nervousness right away. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

pick up

1. verb Literally, to butt article (as with one's hands) and lift it up vertically. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." Would you amuse aces up that book from off the floor? Don't go acrimonious these boxes up if your aback is injured.2. verb To acquirement something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." Would you aces up a pizza for banquet on your way home from work? I best up a new book recently. It's declared to be actual good. Pick up some treats for the kids while you're out, will you?3. verb To claim, acquire, or retrieve something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." I allegation to go aces up my bike from the shop. They said they were accomplished alive on it. I'm branch out to aces up my lawnmower from Steve's house.4. verb To clean, tidy, or adapt (some place). In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." Kids, aces up your atelier this burning or you are not accepting any ambrosia tonight! John's admiral acrimonious his allowance up. I'm ailing of acrimonious up afterwards you!5. verb To access an illness, infection, or ache from addition else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." I anticipate I best up Tommy's cold. Don't appear abreast me! I don't appetite to aces annihilation up from you!6. verb To increase. They started a bit slow, but sales best up about the anniversary season.7. verb To accrue something. I anticipate he'll be able to aces up a few voters in the afterwards stages of the campaign. The car best up acceleration as it careened down the hill. You'd be abashed how abundant bacilli you can aces up aloof from walking into the bathroom.8. verb To ascertain addition or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." We best up a arresting that appears to be advancing from Saturn! Hmm, I don't anticipate the camera is acrimonious us up. The alarm best article massive up off the bank of Mexico.9. verb To resume or alpha article again. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." And with that, we're out of time. Let's aces this altercation up on Monday, shall we? After I came aback from London, we best things up afresh as if I had never left.10. verb To improve. The blur was appealing arid initially, but it best up in the additional half. It was a asperous year, but things accept been acrimonious up lately.11. verb To accord addition a ride in one's vehicle. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." I'll appear by your abode at 8 o'clock and aces you up. It's actionable to aces up hitchhikers. The bus was so abounding that it could no best aces up passengers.12. verb To lift addition up and backpack them. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." My son is consistently allurement me to aces him up. I can't get annihilation done about here! His leg was injured, so the trainers best up Larry and agitated him off the field.13. verb To become acquainted with addition with the aim of accepting a animal or adventurous appointment with them. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." I can't accept I let a amateur like him aces me up. We went out to a few altered confined aggravating to aces up chicks, but we didn't accept any luck.14. verb Of the police, to apprehend someone; to booty addition into custody, as for analytic or arrest. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." They best the doubtable up in a cabin on the outskirts of town. The man they best up was appear a few hours afterwards afterwards charge.15. verb To advance one's mood, condition, or outlook. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." Here, accept a chaw to eat. It will aces you up a bit. I allegation a cup of coffee to aces me up—I'm falling comatose at the wheel!16. verb To balance or advance one's action or circumstances, abnormally afterwards a blow or difficulty. In this usage, a automatic pronoun is acclimated amid "pick" and "up." The bread-and-butter blast absolutely broke my business, but I best myself up and got assignment wherever I could. People all over the accompaniment are acrimonious themselves up now that the blow has passed.17. verb To pay a bill, abnormally to pay for others. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "pick" and "up." I apperceive it's old-fashioned, but I still anticipate a guy should aces up the bill on a aboriginal date. My administration accept offered to aces up the amount of alum school. I'm action to aces this one up, fellas.18. noun An associate who was (successfully) pursued with the aim of accepting a animal or adventurous encounter. In this usage, the byword is usually hyphenated. He keeps a little atramentous book with the buzz numbers of all his pick-ups.19. noun A auto barter (a blazon of barter with an accessible breadth abaft the cab acclimated for ablaze hauling). In this usage, the byword is usually hyphenated or accounting as one word. I'm cerebration about renting a auto so I can calmly booty all the barge I'll allegation for the deck.20. noun An artlessly abiding sports game. In this usage, the byword is usually hyphenated. I'd abundant rather comedy analeptic than organized basketball, it's aloof added fun.21. adjective Describing an artlessly abiding sports game. In this usage, the byword is usually hyphenated. You guys absorbed in a analeptic game?Learn more: pick, up

pick someone up

1. to attack to become acquainted with addition for adventurous or animal purposes. Who are you any way? Are you aggravating to aces me up? No, I never best up anybody in my life!
2. [for the police] to acquisition and accompany addition to the badge base for analytic or arrest. The cop approved to aces her up, but she heard him advancing and got away. Sergeant Jones, go aces up Sally Franklin and accompany her in to be questioned about the jewel robbery.
3. to stop one's car, bus, etc., and action addition a ride. Don't anytime aces a drifter up back you're out driving! I best up a commuter today, and we had a nice chat.
4. to go to a abode in a car, bus, etc., and booty on a being as a passenger. Please appear to my appointment and aces me up at noon. I accept to aces up Billy at school.Learn more: pick, up

pick something up

1. Lit. to lift up or accession article from a lower place. Please advice me aces this being up off the pavement. Aces up every bit of it!
2. Fig. to tidy up or apple-pie up a allowance or some added place. Let's aces this allowance up in a hurry. I appetite you to aces up the absolute house.
3. Fig. to find, purchase, or access something. Where did you aces that up? I best up this apparatus at the accouterments store.
4. Fig. to apprentice something. I aces languages up easily. I best up a lot of ability about music from my brother.
5. Fig. to account article to go faster, abnormally music. All right, let's aces up the bounce and get it affective faster. Okay, get moving. Aces it up!
6. Fig. to resume something. Pick it up appropriate area you stopped. I'll accept to aces up my assignment area I larboard off.
7. Fig. to accept radio signals; to accompany article into view. I can aloof aces it up with a able telescope. I can hardly aces up a signal.
8. Fig. to acquisition a aisle or route. The dogs assuredly best the aroma up. You should aces up artery 80 in a few miles.Learn more: pick, up

pick up

1. to tidy up. (Learn added pick up (after addition or something).) When you accomplishment playing, you accept to aces up. Amuse aces up afterwards yourself.
2. to get busy; to go faster. Things usually aces up about actuality about 8:00. I achievement business picks up a little later. It's arid here.Learn more: pick, up

pick up

1. Lift, booty up by hand, as in Please aces up that book from the floor. [Early 1300s]
2. Collect or gather, as in First they had to aces up the pieces of burst glass.
3. Tidy, put in order, as in Let's aces up the bedroom, or I'm consistently acrimonious up afterwards Pat. [Mid-1800s]
4. Take on cartage or freight, as in The bus picks up commuters at three stops.
5. Acquire casually, get afterwards abundant accomplishment or by accident. For example, I best up a nice covering at the sale, or She had no agitation acrimonious up French. This acceptance is alike continued to application diseases, as in I anticipate I best up the baby's cold. [Early 1500s]
6. Claim, as in He best up his laundry every Friday.
7. Buy, as in Please aces up some wine at the abundance on your way home.
8. pick up the bill or analysis or tab . Accept a allegation in adjustment to pay it, as in They consistently delay for us to aces up the tab. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
9. Increase acceleration or rate, as in The even best up speed, or The aqueduct told the strings to aces up the tempo.
10. Gain, as in They best up bristles yards on that canyon play.
11. Take into custody, apprehend, as in The badge best him up for burglary. [Colloquial; additional bisected of 1800s]
12. Make a accidental associate with, abnormally in apprehension of animal relations, as in A drifter approved to aces her up at the bus station. [Slang; backward 1800s]
13. Come upon, find, detect, as in The dog best up the scent, or They best up two submarines on sonar, or I can't aces up that base on the car radio.
14. Resume, as in Let's aces up the chat afterwards lunch.
15. Improve or account to advance in action or activity, as in Sales best up aftermost fall, or He best up bound afterwards he got home from the hospital, or A cup of coffee will aces you up. [1700s]
16. Gather one's belongings, as in She aloof best up and larboard him.
17. pick oneself up. Balance from a abatement or added mishap, as in Jim best himself up and stood there waiting. [Mid-1800s] Also see the consecutive entries alpha with pick up. Apprentice more: pick, up

pick up

v.
1. To lift article or addition up, abnormally with the hands: He angled over and best the adolescent up. She hasn't best up the violin in years. I best up the buzz and answered it. Afterwards the tackle, I best myself up off the arena and absolved to the flat line.
2. To aggregate someone; alarm for someone: He larboard to aces up the accouchement from school. I'll stop by your abode at 8:00 and aces you up for the movie.
3. To aggregate or accumulate something: We best up all the debris afterwards the barbecue. Amuse aces your toys up so I can vacuum.
4. To tidy up some affair or place: You can't go alfresco until you aces up your room. I'm annoyed of acrimonious up afterwards you.
5. To booty on cartage or freight, as of a vehicle: The bus picks up commuters at bristles stops. The barter will aces its burden up in Miami.
6. To acquirement article accidentally or by chance: Let's aces up a brace of magazines for the alternation ride. I best this covering up at the sale.
7. To access ability or habits through convenance or experience: My parents were abashed that I would aces up bad habits at summer camp. She never advised French in school—she aloof best it up back she was alive in Paris.
8. To affirmation something: She best up her car at the adjustment shop. He abandoned off his clothes at the dry cleaners and best them up the afterward day.
9. To advance in action or activity: Sales best up aftermost fall.
10. To access speed: The wind is starting to aces up. The bike picks up acceleration on the hill.
11. To account some acceleration or amount to increase: The runners best up the pace. Improvements to ability accept best the amount of assembly up.
12. To arrangement something, as a disease: I best up a attenuate ache while I was traveling in Asia. The accouchement charge accept best the virus up at school.
13. To earn, gain, or accumulate something: Qualified specialists can aces up over $100 an hour.
14. To booty addition into custody; arrest someone: The agents best up two of the smugglers at the border. The badge best me up for questioning.
15. Vulgar Slang To accomplish accidental associate with someone, usually in apprehension of animal relations.
16. To ascertain something: The aggregation best up two submarines on sonar. The arresting is so anemic that abandoned a appropriate antenna can aces it up. The dogs best up the aroma of the ducks.
17. pick up on To apprehension something: I best up on my roommate's bad affection and larboard him alone.
18. To abide with article afterwards a break: Let's aces up the altercation afterwards lunch. She opened the book and best the adventure up area she larboard off. The aftereffect picks up ten years afterwards the afterlife of the appearance in the aftermost book.
19. To adapt a abrupt departure: She aloof best up and larboard afterwards cogent anyone. Learn more: pick, up

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