pick up
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~ give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
perk up
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~ cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
pick up
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~ 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"
pick up
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~ take up by hand; "He picked up the book and started to read"
pin up
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~ attach with or as if with a pin; "pin up a picture"
pick up
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~ gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
pick up
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~ meet someone for sexual purposes; "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
pick up
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~ buy casually or spontaneously; "I picked up some food for a snack"
pick up
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~ improve significantly; go from bad to good; "Her performance in school picked up"
pick up
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~ eat by pecking at, like a bird
pick up
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~ take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
pick up
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~ fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
pick up
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~ lift out or reflect from a background; "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"; "His eyes picked up his smile"
pick up
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~ get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
perk up
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~ gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"
pick up
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~ register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal"
pile up
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~ collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
pick up
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~ 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"