Synonym: apprehend, arrest, call for, catch, collar, collect, cop, discover, elate, find out, gain vigor, gather up, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, intoxicate, learn, lift up, nab, nail, peck, percolate, perk, perk up, receive, see, turn around, uplift. Similar words: pickup, back up, check up, pick, pick out, pick off, kick, trick. Meaning: v. 1. take and lift upward 2. take up by hand 3. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift 4. gather or collect 5. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally 6. get in addition, as an increase 7. take into custody 8. buy casually or spontaneously 9. register (perceptual input) 10. lift out or reflect from a background 11. meet someone for sexual purposes 12. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism 13. get better 14. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily 15. eat by pecking at, like a bird 16. gain or regain energy.
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61. The dog turned tail when he saw the man pick up a stone to throw at him.
62. Pick up a free leaflet from your local post office.
63. She left the band in 1994 to pick up her career as a solo performer.
64. Now that the war was over they could pick up the threads of their lives again.
65. Someone's going to go flying if you don't pick up these toys.
66. We reached the outskirts of town and began to pick up speed.
67. I'll have to go to the surgery to pick up the prescription.
68. I've got to pick up my coat from the cleaners.
69. The train carried coal to Qinhuangdao and then deadheaded back to Tianjin to pick up another load.
70. Pick up a free map of the town from the visitor centre.
71. It's difficult to pick up the threads of a conversation when it has been interrupted.
72. Her career only began to pick up when she was in her forties.
73. By typing in simple commands you could pick up objects and talk to other avatars, with your words displayed in a cartoon bubble above your head.
74. Their lives were shattered by the tragedy and they are still trying to pick up the pieces.
75. If you need me, you just have to pick up the phone.
76. After the first three months, the fundraising project really started to pick up steam.
77. Many women have been able to pick up the threads of their former career.
78. She bent to pick up a book from the floor.
79. You can pick up a lot of stations on the car radio but the sound is usually a bit fuzzy.
80. We must pick up the pieces of our political defeat, and start working towards the next election.
81. The taxi driver left the meter running while I ran in to pick up my bags.
82. Why should the taxpayer pick up the tab for mistakes made by a private company?
82. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
83. On a clear, straight road you can gather/pick up speed.
84. I'll come by this evening and pick up the books.
85. She failed to pick up on the humour in his remark.
86. My friend knows where he can pick up a good used car for you at a reasonable price.
87. Jane was still at Jack to pick up the relationship where they had left off.
88. The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again.
89. Without another contract to help pick up the slack, employees may face job losses.
90. When is the weather going to pick up? It's been bad for weeks.