pick up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === pick up (third-person singular simple present picks up, present participle picking up, simple past and past participle picked up) (transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise. Antonym: put down (transitive) To collect or purchase an object, especially in passing. Antonym: drop off (transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease). (transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state. Antonym: mess up (transitive) To collect a passenger. Antonym: drop off (transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect). (transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc. (intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up. (intransitive) To restart or resume. To reach and continue along (a road). (transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize. Synonym: learn (transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like). (transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on. (transitive) To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on. (transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation. Synonyms: (Polari) blag, hit on, rizz up, take up (transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone. Synonym: pick up the phone (intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly. (transitive) To pay for. (transitive) To reduce the despondency of. (transitive) To take control (physically) of something. (soccer, transitive) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely. (transitive) To record; to notch up. (sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (US, military, transitive) To promote somebody who was previously passed over. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === pick up (plural pick ups) Rare form of pickup. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====