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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151. Could you pick up a carton of Trues?
152. Again, you can pick up some real bargains here.
153. Lenny bent over to pick up the coins.
154. I climb out and pick up the wood arrow, minus its red sucker, from beneath the stone bench.
155. There were also continued signs of a cooling economy that will make inflation less likely to pick up speed in coming months.
156. The fishing was great; you could pick up crabs off the beach.
157. Two microphones, one in each ear of a dummy or human head, pick up the sound reaching the ears.
158. Where better to pick up a few bargains than online?
159. It wasn't difficult to pick up people for casual sex, but it was difficult to form any sort of relationship with someone.
160. If many paths pick up additional cost at each expansion, then the cost of a path will increase with its length.
161. So, pack your cycle clips and either pick up a brochure from your local travel agent or call us on freephone.
162. It is designed as a desktop printer, having a small footprint and being light enough to pick up and move comfortably.
163. We pick up some cigars and duty-free liquor, then wander through the open-air marketplace.
164. A slowing economy lessens the threat that inflation will pick up speed.
165. Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons. Malala Yousafzai
166. Alternatively pick up a pen and a piece of paper and compose your own speech immediately after reading all these for inspiration.
167. I think once you have children, you just don't have the same kind of freedom to pick up and go. But then, I sort of think, how often did I really do it? How spontaneous was I really? Part of what I think I miss is this fantasy of my wild days, but they never existed! Brooke Shields
168. As proved by history, women are the ones who have to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of war.
169. A major advantage of deck shoes is their price - you can easily pick up a pair for a fiver.
170. Pick up a handful of pine needles from the forest floor.
171. Jody keeps Sally in for twenty-three minutes, watching her pick up the offensive plays and bluff her way through the defense.
172. Recovering slightly from the terror of a moment ago,[sentencedict .com] he wondered whether he dared pick up the skull.
173. The government is appealing to business to pick up the slack, but there are few ears to hear.
174. Sometimes the lavas are hard and dense, broken but in place and easy to pick up with the manipulator.
175. Read in studio Toy soldier enthusiasts have been gathering at an auction to try and pick up some bargains.
176. She sighed, and turned to pick up the clock on the bedside table.
177. Pick up a few ears of corn for dinner tonight.
178. So scribble down that wish list and get surfing to pick up some of the best bargains around.
179. A local pub has installed a satellite dish to pick up U.
180. I intend to use the cash to pick up some refreshments for the men.