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- Dictionarypick up
- ▪ take hold of and lift or move someone or something
- ▪ answer a phone call
- ▪ pay the bill for something, especially when others have contributed to the expense
- ▪ tidy a room or building
- ▪ put something away neatly
- ▪ take hold of and lift up one's ball, especially when conceding a hole
- ▪ go somewhere to collect someone, typically in one's car
- ▪ stop for someone to board a train, boat, etc.
- ▪ arrest someone
- ▪ casually strike up a conversation with a stranger, with the aim of having sex with them
- ▪ return to a point made by someone in order to criticize it
- ▪ make someone feel more energetic and cheerful
- ▪ stand up again after a fall
- ▪ collect something that has been left elsewhere
- ▪ obtain, acquire, or learn something, especially in an informal way
- ▪ catch an illness or infection
- ▪ become better; improve
- ▪ become stronger; increase
- ▪ detect or receive a signal or sound, especially by means of electronic apparatus
- ▪ become aware of or sensitive to something
- ▪ find and take a particular road or route
- ▪ resume something
- ▪ refer to or develop a point or topic mentioned earlier
- ▪ (of an object or colour) attractively accentuate the colour of something else by being of a similar shade
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