Pick up meaning in English

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Definition

to pick up: to lift, to raise (something or someone); to answer (the telephone); to acquire or obtain verb
To pick up has several different meanings:
Pick up the telephone! Answer the phone!
Pick up your clothes from the floor.
Philip picked up three girls at the bar last night. In this case to pick up means to meet and possibly more!
He picked up the check. He paid the bill.
to pick (someone) up (from the airport): to collect (someone from the airport) and drive them home verb
Can you pick the kids up from school?
to pick up (something at the store): to buy, to purchase (something at the shop) idiom
to pick (someone) up (in a bar): to flirt with and seduce (someone in a bar) verb

Examples

  • "Can I come by and pick them up this afternoon?"
  • "Bruno : Pick it up!"
  • "If someone else picks it up, say a dumb intern, it gives them a massive electric shock."
  • "learn about the culture in this peaceful land and better pick up women if the"
  • "I was thinking about using one of the Bunsen burners in the lab to fry up some plantains with some black beans and rice, so be sure to pick up the rice, the beans and the plantains."
  • "Edward : Oh... Well, I'd better pick it up before someone st... Aghhhhh!"
  • "(Philip ends the call and picks up the phone again)"
  • "I'll pick you up at eight."
  • "If you pick up the paperclips off the floor, I'll help you sort these letters back into two piles."
  • "Book yourself a ticket and I'll pick you up at the airport on my new Harley Davidson."
  • "Besides, you said you would never pick up a tambourine again."
  • "Also, I'll pick up a pizza with extra mushrooms for you."
  • "Subject: Insane Person in hospital - Please pick up!"
  • "Before we begin, I would just like to let everybody know that there are press kits located in front of the podium, and in the rear of the room. Please be sure to pick one up after the press conference."
  • "I'm gonna pick you up, turn you on, keep you clean..."
  • "Polly : Oh, I was, uhhhhm, I dropped my paperclips, and I had to pick them up."
  • "Bruno tell me to come pick you up, so I do."
  • "Frank (Dispatcher) : "Pick-me-up" cabs, this is Frank."
  • "So, if you wouldn't mind, I'm going to send someone down to pick up your server."

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