pick up

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• verb transitive To lift; to grasp and raise.
• verb transitive To collect an object, especially in passing.
• verb transitive or intransitive To clean up; to return to an organized state.
• verb transitive To collect a passenger.
• verb transitive To collect and detain (a suspect).
• verb intransitive To improve, increase, or speed up.
• verb intransitive To restart or resume.
• verb transitive To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.
• verb transitive To receive (a radio signal or the like).
• verb by extension To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".
• verb transitive To point out (a person's behaviour, habits, or actions) in a critical manner.
• verb To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
• verb transitive or intransitive To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.
• verb To pay for.
• verb To reduce the despondency of.
• verb To take control (physically) of something.
• verb soccer To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
• verb To record, to notch up
• noun attributive An impromptu athletic game.
• noun The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle. The time the act occurs.
• noun An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist.
• noun US A pickup truck.
• noun tennis A half-volley.