pick up

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Definition

  1. Verb (Transitive):

    • To lift or take something up from a surface using one's hands.
    • To collect or gather someone or something.
    • To acquire, learn, or obtain something, often in an informal or incidental manner.
    • To improve or increase in condition, speed, or activity.
    • To detect or receive something, such as a signal, scent, or sound.
    • To resume or continue something after an interruption.
    • To give someone a ride in a vehicle.

  2. Verb (Intransitive):

    • To improve or recover, as in health or spirits.
    • To increase in speed or activity.
Usage and Examples

  • Lifting or Taking:

    • He stopped to pick up the pen he dropped.
    • Can you pick up that package from the post office?

  • Collecting or Gathering:

    • I need to pick up my dry cleaning.
    • The bus picks up passengers on this corner.

  • Acquiring or Learning:

    • She picked up some French while living in Paris.
    • I picked up this habit from my grandfather.

  • Improving or Increasing:

    • The wind is starting to pick up.
    • Business usually picks up in the summer.

  • Detecting or Receiving:

    • Our radio can pick up stations from across the country.
    • The dog picked up the trail.

  • Resuming:

    • Let's pick up the discussion after lunch.
    • The story picks up five years later.

  • Giving a Ride:

    • I'll pick you up at 8 PM.
Advanced Usage

  • "Pick up on (something)": To notice or understand something, often something subtle.

    • Did you pick up on the tension in the room?
    • She quickly picked up on the new software.

  • "Pick up the tab/bill/check": To pay for something, especially a meal.

    • My boss picked up the tab for dinner.

  • "Pick up the pieces": To try to return to a normal state after a difficult or damaging event.

    • After the divorce, she had to pick up the pieces of her life.
Variants and Related Words

  • Pickup (n): 1. A small truck with an open back. 2. An improvement in activity. 3. The act of collecting someone or something.

    • He drives a red pickup truck.
    • We've seen a pickup in sales this quarter.

  • Pick-me-up (n): Something that makes you feel more energetic or cheerful.

    • A cup of coffee is a great pick-me-up in the morning.
Synonyms
  • Lift: To raise to a higher position.
  • Collect: To bring or gather together.
  • Acquire: To come into possession of.
  • Improve: To make or become better.
  • Perceive: To become aware of through the senses.
Related Phrasal Verbs

  • Pick up after (someone): To tidy things someone else has left untidy.

    • I'm tired of picking up after my roommate.

  • Pick up where (someone/something) left off: To continue from the point where someone or something stopped.

    • The new manager will pick up where her predecessor left off.
Related Idioms

  • Pick up steam: To gain momentum or energy.

    • The project is finally picking up steam.

  • Pick someone's brain: To ask someone questions in order to get information or advice.

    • Can I pick your brain about marketing strategies?
Verb
  1. gain or regain energy
    • I picked up after a nap
  2. eat by pecking at, like a bird
  3. 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
  4. improve significantly; go from bad to good
    • Her performance in school picked up
  5. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
    • Music can uplift your spirits
  6. meet someone for sexual purposes
    • he always tries to pick up girls in bars
  7. lift out or reflect from a background
    • The scarf picks up the color of the skirt
    • His eyes picked up his smile
  8. register (perceptual input)
    • pick up a signal
  9. buy casually or spontaneously
    • I picked up some food for a snack
  10. take into custody
    • the police nabbed the suspected criminals
  11. get in addition, as an increase
    • The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
    • We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway
  15. take up by hand
    • He picked up the book and started to read
  16. take and lift upward

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