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.
241. Consider what happens when you pick up the phone to dial Aunt Rhoda.