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crank up crap up creep up crock up crop up curl up curled up cut up dam up deck up dig up digging up dish up divided up divvy up do up doctor up doll up dolled up done up dope up double up drag up draw up dream up dredge up dress up dried up drink up drive up drive up the wall drum up dry up drying up dummy up earth up ease up eat up edge up end up even up face up face up to faggot up fake up fancied up fancy up fatten up fed up felt up fess up fetch up fig up fill up finish up fire up firm up fix up flame up flare up fluff up fog up fold up follow up follow up on foot up fork up fort up foul up frame up freshen up fuck up furbish up gang up gang up on gas up gather up gear up get up ginger up give up giving up glam up go up go up in smoke gobble up grow up grown up grub up guitar pick gum up gummed up gussied up gussy up ham it up hang up hard up hash up haul up head up heap up heat up heated up heave up heft up held up het up high up higher up hike up hit it up hit up hitch up hive up hoke up hold up hole up hook up hook up with hop up hopped up hot up hung up hurry up hush up hype up ice pick ice up jack up jazz up jolly up juice up jump up jumping up and down keep up kept up key up keyed up kick up kink up kit up knock up lace up laid up land up lap up laugh it up lay up lead up let up lift up light up lighten up limber up line up lined up link up live it up live up to liven up load up lock up log up look up look up to looking up loosen up louse up made up make up make up one's mind make up to mark up mat up matte up measure up measure up to meet up with mess up messed up mix up mixed up mock up mop up mount up mount up to move up muck up mucked up muddy up muffle up mug up muster up offer up open up own up pal up pass up patch up pay up pen up pent up pep up perk up perked up pick pick apart pick at pick off pick out pick over pick to pieces pick up the gauntlet pile up pin up pipe up play up play up to plump up point up polish up pony up pop up pound up prang up pretty up prick up prim up prop up propping up psych up psyched up puff up puffed up pull up pull up short pull up stakes pumped up push up put up put up job put up to put up with queue up rachet up rack up raise up rake up ramp up rev up rig up ring up rip up rise up roll up rope up rough up round up rout up rub up ruck up ruffle up run up runner up sack up save up saved up scale up scare up scoop up scrape up scratch up screw up scrub up scrunch up seal up sell up serve up set up sew up sex up shack up shake up shape up shine up shine up to shoot up shore up shoring up show up shown up shrivel up shut up sidle up sign up silt up sit up size up slack up slice up slick up slicked up slip up slow up slurp up smarten up smash up smell up snap up snarl up snatch up sneak up soak up soaking up soar up sober up soften up sop up soup up speak up speak up for spear up speed up speeded up spice up spiff up spiffed up spirit up spit up split up sponge up spring up spruce up spruced up square up stack up stand up stand up for stand up to start up stay up steam up steamed up step up stick up stick up for stink up stir up stirred up stop up stopped up stored up straighten up strike up string up stuck up suck up suck up to sum up summing up summon up sunny-side up swallow up sweep up swell up swept up swoop up swot up take up take up arms take up with taken up tart up team up tear up tee up tense up think up throw up tidy up tie up tied up tier up tighten up tog up togged up tone up toss up tot up tote up touch up touch up paint trice up trick up trip up true up trump up trumped up tune up turn up turn up the heat turn up the pressure turned up tying up up up and down up country up here up in arms up in the air up on up quark up the stairs up to up to her neck up to his neck up to my neck up to now up to our necks up to their necks up to your neck use up used up using up vamp up vomit up wake up waking up wall up warm up wash up washed up well up whip up whomp up whoop it up 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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb pick up has 16 senses

• pick up(v = verb.motion) gather up, lift up - take and lift upward; Array
is one way to bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• pick up(v = verb.contact) Array - take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
is one way to touch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• pick up(v = verb.motion) Array - give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
is one way to transport
Derived form noun pickup₉
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• pick up(v = verb.possession) call for, collect, gather up - 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"
is one way to acquire, get
Derived form noun pickup₈
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

• pick up(v = verb.cognition) discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, see - 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"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• pick up(v = verb.possession) Array - get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
is one way to acquire, get
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• pick up(v = verb.contact) apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
is one way to clutch, prehend, seize
Derived form noun pickup₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• pick up(v = verb.possession) Array - buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"
is one way to buy, purchase
Derived form noun pickup₈
Sample sentence:
The men pick up the chairs

• pick up(v = verb.perception) receive - register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
is one way to comprehend, perceive
Sample sentence:
They pick up the information to them

• pick up(v = verb.change) Array - lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
is one way to bring out, set off
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• pick up(v = verb.social) Array - meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
is one way to get together, meet
Derived form noun pickup₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• pick up(v = verb.emotion) elate, intoxicate, lift up, uplift - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
is one way to excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

• pick up(v = verb.change) turn around - improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"
is one way to ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• pick up(v = verb.perception) catch - 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"
is one way to comprehend, perceive
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• pick up(v = verb.consumption) peck - eat by pecking at, like a bird; Array
is one way to eat
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• pick up(v = verb.body) gain vigor, percolate, perk, perk up - gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
is one way to convalesce, recover, recuperate
Derived form noun pickup₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

THESAURUS

pick up

accumulate, acquire, advance, amass, ameliorate, amend, animate, annex, apprehend, arrest, assemble, book, boost, brace, brace up, brighten, bring, bring back, bring together, brisk, brisken, buck up, buoy up, bust, call for, capture, chalk up, chase after, cheer, chirk up, collar, collect, come along, come on, compass, continue, convalesce, cull, descry, detain, detect, develop, dig up, discern, distinguish, drag up, draw up, dredge, dredge up, elevate, encourage, enliven, espy, exhilarate, fetch, fetch and carry, fillip, fish up, fortify, fresh up, freshen, freshen up, gain, gain ground, gain strength, galvanize, garner, gather, gather in, gather up, get, get ahead, get along, get better, get in, get together, give a lift, gladden, glean, go after, go ahead, go and get, go fetch, go for, go forward, go get, go to get, grab, graduate, grow better, grub, grub up, haul up, have, hearten, hoist, home on, identify, improve, infuse life into, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, land, liven, look up, make an arrest, make headway, make out, make progress, make strides, map, master, meliorate, mend, nab, net, notice, obtain, perceive, perk up, pick, pinch, pinpoint, pique, pluck, pluck up, procure, progress, provoke, pull in, put under arrest, quicken, raise, rake up, rally, reanimate, rear, receive, recognize, recommence, recreate, recruit, recuperate, refresh, refreshen, regale, reinvigorate, rejoice, rejoice the heart, renew, reopen, resuscitate, retrieve, revive, revivify, round up, run after, run in, scan, scare up, scrape together, scrape up, secure, see, seize, sense, set up, shag, shape up, sharpen, show improvement, skyrocket, sleep it off, spot, spy, stimulate, sweep, take captive, take in, take into custody, take off, take prisoner, take up, trigger, tune in, turn the corner, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, vitalize, vivify, whet

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pick up

Choice

VB offers one's choice, set before, hold out the alternative, present the alternative, offer the alternative, put to the vote, use option, use discretion, exercise option, exercise discretion, one's option, adopt, take up, embrace, espouse, choose, elect, opt for, take one's choice, make one's choice, make choice of, fix upon, vote, poll, hold up one's hand, divide, settle, decide, list, make up one's mind, select, pick and choose, pick out, single out, cull, glean, winnow, sift the chaff from the wheat, separate the chaff from the wheat, winnow the chaff from the wheat, pick up, pitch upon, pick one's way, indulge one's fancy, set apart, mark out for, mark, prefer, have rather, have as lief, fancy, be persuaded, take a decided step, take a decisive step, commit oneself to a course, pass the Rubicon, cross the Rubicon, cast in one's lot with, take for better or for worse.

Improvement

VB improve, be better, become better, get better, mend, amend, advance, ascend, increase, fructify, ripen, mature, pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn, turn over a new leaf, turn the corner, raise one's head, sow one's wild oats, recover, be better, be improved by, turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account, profit by, reap the benefit of, make good use of, make capital out of, place to good account, render better, improve, mend, amend, better, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, decrassify, improve upon, refine upon, rectify, enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten, promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance, bring forward, bring on, foster, invigorate, touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up, polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage, prune, repair, put in order, review, revise, make corrections, make improvements, doctor, purify, relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit, reform, remodel, reorganize, new model, view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober, palliate, mitigate, lessen an evil.

Discovery

VB discover, find, determine, evolve, learn, fix upon, pick up, find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out, fathom, bring out, draw out, educe, elicit, bring to light, dig out, grub up, fish up, unearth, disinter, solve, resolve, elucidate, unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open, pick up, open the lock, find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle, interpret, disclose, trace, get at, hit it, have it, lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon, spot, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head, be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn, smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat, open the eyes to, see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot, detect, catch, catch tripping, pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon, come across, come onto, meet with, meet up with, fall in with, recognize, realize, verify, make certain of, identify, Int, eureka!, aha!, I've got it!, discover, find, determine, evolve, learn, fix upon, pick up, find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, worm out, ferret out, root out, fathom, bring out, draw out, educe, elicit, bring to light, dig out, grub up, fish up, unearth, disinter, solve, resolve, elucidate, unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open, pick up, open the lock, find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle, interpret, disclose, trace, get at, hit it, have it, lay one's finger, lay one's hands upon, spot, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, put the saddle on the right horse, hit the right nail on the head, be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn, smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat, open the eyes to, see through, see daylight, see in its true colors, see the cloven foot, detect, catch, catch tripping, pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon, come across, come onto, meet with, meet up with, fall in with, recognize, realize, verify, make certain of, identify, Int, eureka!, aha!, I've got it!.

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