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
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the 49ers picked up edge rusher Romello Height and defensive tackle Gracen Halton.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, 41, picked up his cargo at the Port of Brunswick in Georgia on April 16, the FBI’s Tampa field office said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Annie Olson doubled and added a sacrifice fly, while Hannah Pikus picked up an RBI triple.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Nowhere has the flipping of the form books been more striking than in La Liga, where two weekends ago — for only the third time in history — each of the bottom five teams picked up maximum points.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
It was picked up to pilot at Hulu in October 2025.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Authorities have later called off several of those searches, though in one October operation, two survivors were picked up by a Navy helicopter and repatriated to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Netflix picked up the exclusive global rights for Everyone Is Doing Great through a licensing deal with Sony Pictures Television.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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If picked up to series, Godspeed would complement Prime Video’s NASCAR coverage which started with the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, the 49ers picked up edge rusher Romello Height and defensive tackle Gracen Halton.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, 41, picked up his cargo at the Port of Brunswick in Georgia on April 16, the FBI’s Tampa field office said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Annie Olson doubled and added a sacrifice fly, while Hannah Pikus picked up an RBI triple.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Nowhere has the flipping of the form books been more striking than in La Liga, where two weekends ago — for only the third time in history — each of the bottom five teams picked up maximum points.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
It was picked up to pilot at Hulu in October 2025.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Authorities have later called off several of those searches, though in one October operation, two survivors were picked up by a Navy helicopter and repatriated to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia.
—CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
Netflix picked up the exclusive global rights for Everyone Is Doing Great through a licensing deal with Sony Pictures Television.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picked up
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The book resists tidy moral conclusions.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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That divide may look tidy on paper, but real life is messier.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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The central challenge is that China has mastered the entire innovation ecosystem, while the United States has allowed its own to fracture.—
Imran Khalid,
Twin Cities,
7 May 2026
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Rival Blue Origin has only just cracked the reusable-rocket tech that Falcon mastered; SpaceX may already be moving a generation beyond it.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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The United States entered the war with the M3 Lee-Grant, which was hastily assembled when the war broke out and shipped abroad as part of the Lend-Lease program.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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Instead, Feldman has assembled a demanding lineup that will require the Playhouse to operate on a larger scale than ever before.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
Verb
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In the early nineteenth century, more than a dozen colonies in the Americas gained their freedom, including Haiti, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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On multiple occasions, Brighton players were on the turf seconds before a set piece, but gained no sympathy from referee Chris Kavanagh.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Then four kills from Fuerbringer, blocks from Miles Crotty and Colby Grahm and a kill from Crotty lifted Mira Costa to a 19-10 lead.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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The sewage would then be ground up by a pump inside the sump and lifted up 8 feet or so to dump into the elevated building drain.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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No remains were uncovered, but a month later, both Flores men were arrested and charged in connection with Smart’s murder.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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In 2024 a total of 219 unhoused people were arrested on this charge.—
Michael Perkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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There weren’t as many glaring errors when the NFL also used replacement officials for one week of exhibition games and the opening week in 2001 before the labor dispute was resolved shortly after 9/11, and the regular officials returned in time when the season resumed after a one-week break.—
Rob Maaddi,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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There weren’t as many glaring errors when the NFL also used replacement officials for one week of exhibition games and the opening week in 2001 before the labor dispute was resolved shortly after 9/11, and the regular officials returned in time when the season resumed following a one-week break.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Benintendi's two-run double off Nick Sandlin (0-1) trimmed the Angels' lead to one.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Benintendi’s two-run double off Nick Sandlin (0-1) trimmed the Angels’ lead to one.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Picked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picked%20up. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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