- PICKUP Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1 : to recover or increase speed, vigor, or activity : improve after the strike, business picked up the wind began to pick up 2 : to put things in order was always picking up after her
- PICK SOMEONE SOMETHING UP - Cambridge English Dictionary
While you’re in town, would you pick up a book for me? Can you pick up the Yankees game up here (= receive broadcasts of it)? She picked up her soccer skills from her older brother (= learned them informally) Gwen picked up a cold on her trip (= started to suffer from it)
- PICK UP definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A pick-up or a pick-up truck is a small truck with low sides that can be easily loaded and unloaded
- Pick Up or Pickup? Avoid This Common Mistake
“Pick-up,” “pick up,” and “pickup” may sound the same, but they have different meanings “Pick-up” (with a hyphen) is used as an adjective, like in “pick-up point ” “Pick up” (two words) is a verb, meaning to collect or lift something
- Pick-Up, Pick Up or Pickup: What’s the Correct Usage?
“Pick-up” is a hyphenated noun or adjective referring to collection, retrieval, or an informal activity (e g , “curbside pick-up” or “pick-up game”) “Pick up” is a verb phrase meaning to lift, collect, acquire, or improve (e g , “She will pick up the package”)
- Pick up - definition of pick up by The Free Dictionary
1 To take into the mind and understand, typically with speed: is quick to pick up on new computer skills 2 To notice: picked up on my roommate's bad mood and left him alone
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