as in tidy
being clean and in good order
if your room is all picked up, you can go to the party
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as in mastered
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks
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as in assembled
to bring together in one body or place
pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark
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as in bought
to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for
could you pick up some milk at the store?
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as in gained
to gradually increase in
the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat
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as in lifted
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa
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as in arrested
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food
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as in cleaned house
to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff
I thought you said you had picked up, so why are these things still lying around the rec room?
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as in resumed
to begin again or return to after an interruption
after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off
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as in trimmed
to make neat
the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while
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Recent Examples of picked up
Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Fillet picked up the estate in 1972 for a mere $138,000.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
Declines picked up in recent years, with the growth rate down 3% between 2019 and 2024.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Edelman’s contract expired as Paramount+ canceled the Inside the NFL, which was then picked up by the CW.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The court was told that Lisa was picked up by her friends and sister from the train station before heading to the bar.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
That victim was picked up in Boston’s North End, then stabbed and raped in suburban Wellesley.
—Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2025
Kept running, barefoot, as the bus picked up speed.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Those potatoes have probably been picked up and examined multiple times before making their way into your cart.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
As the intensity of practices has picked up as of late, Hildeby has also stood his ground.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Fillet picked up the estate in 1972 for a mere $138,000.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
Declines picked up in recent years, with the growth rate down 3% between 2019 and 2024.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Edelman’s contract expired as Paramount+ canceled the Inside the NFL, which was then picked up by the CW.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The court was told that Lisa was picked up by her friends and sister from the train station before heading to the bar.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
That victim was picked up in Boston’s North End, then stabbed and raped in suburban Wellesley.
—Willoughby Mariano, ProPublica, 11 Sep. 2025
Kept running, barefoot, as the bus picked up speed.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Those potatoes have probably been picked up and examined multiple times before making their way into your cart.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picked up
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The film benefits from its avoidance of a too-tidy, sentimental outcome, even if some in the audience might be left craving one.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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As a professional organizer, my ears perk up anytime someone mentions the words ‘declutter’, ‘organize’, or ‘tidy,' in a conversation about productivity.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For Hilton, whose public persona has always blended self-parody and glamour, the nod feels intentional — a bridge between two eras of women who mastered spectacle on their own terms.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
4 Oct. 2025
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Iran can achieve that by abandoning water-hungry crops, shifting to smart farming, conserving every drop, and reviving flood-management techniques Iranians once mastered to recharge depleted aquifers.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Reaching the Frontier Over the past year, ByteDance has assembled top AI talent, hiring a former vice president of Google DeepMind to lead AI foundational research and luring other engineers and researchers away from Alibaba and other start-ups, the Financial Times reported in December.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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They were delivered fully assembled and dynamically balanced from the company’s production base on the Yangtze River.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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China has gained a lead in batteries and is aiming for dominance in robotics and next-generation AI-powered manufacturing.—
Rebecca A. Fannin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Team Reba also gained 28-year-old Cori Kennedy and 35-year-old Daron Lameek; Team Niall welcomed aboard 31-year-old Revel Day; Team Snoop locked in 24-year-old Natalia Albertini; and Team Michael won over 36-year-old Marty O’Reilly, 38-year-old Aarik Duncan and 34-year-old Rob Cole.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
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The initial launch will aim for speeds near Mach 2, but project officials say later versions could reach Mach 4 or even Mach 5, the lower edge of true hypersonic velocity, once range restrictions are lifted.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Near the climax of the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics—a living diorama of British history, directed by the filmmaker Danny Boyle—a model house was lifted away to reveal Berners-Lee.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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He was arrested in November 1957 after the body of local hardware store owner and shopkeeper Bernice Worden, 58, was found hanging from hooks and mutilated in his shed.—
JR Radcliffe,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Ongoing litigation In recent months, more than 400 Venezuelans with TPS have been arrested during ICE check-ins and traffic stops, even though the protections were supposed to be in place before Friday’s ruling.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Placements resumed this year, in a new location, after a 16-month gap.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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Flights resumed early Friday morning but were halted that evening after more drones were spotted.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The logo, hands, indexes, and rotor are trimmed in British racing green—the color of the legendary car brand.—
Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
3 Oct. 2025
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Her dark brown bob was freshly trimmed and curled toward her face; the top brushed and styled over the left side of her head.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Picked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picked%20up. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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