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Verb pick up has 16 senses

pick up, lift up, gather up - take and lift upward
--₁ is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
pick up - take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
--₂ is one way to touch
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Somebody ----s something
pick up - give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
--₃ is one way to transport

Derived form: noun pickup₉
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
collect, pick up, gather up, call for - 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"
--₄ is one way to get, acquire

Derived form: noun pickup₈
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s somebody
learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, 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"
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pick up - get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
--₆ is one way to get, acquire
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Something ----s something
collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop - take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
--₇ is one way to seize, prehend, clutch

Derived form: noun pickup₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
pick up - buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"
--₈ is one way to buy, purchase

Derived form: noun pickup₈
Sample sentence:
The men pick up the chairs
pick up, receive - recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
--₉ is one way to perceive, comprehend
Sample sentence:
They pick up the information to them
pick up - lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
--₁₀ is one way to bring out, set off
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Something ----s something
pick up - meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
--₁₁ is one way to meet, get together

Derived form: noun pickup₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
--₁₂ is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
turn around, pick up - get better; "Her performance in school picked up"
--₁₃ is one way to better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
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Somebody ----s
catch, pick up - 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"
--₁₄ is one way to perceive, comprehend
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peck, pick up - eat by pecking at, like a bird
--₁₅ is one way to eat
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perk up, perk, percolate, pick up, gain vigor - gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
--₁₆ is one way to recuperate, recover, convalesce

Derived form: noun pickup₃
Sample sentence:
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