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
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
If the project is picked up to series, Krebs will serve as showrunner and writer along with Goldwyn.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 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
The pols also threw a little side-eye at ESPN’s recent $3 billion acquisition of NFL Network, through which the league picked up a 10% equity stake in the media juggernaut.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Other shows never got picked up.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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
If the project is picked up to series, Krebs will serve as showrunner and writer along with Goldwyn.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 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
The pols also threw a little side-eye at ESPN’s recent $3 billion acquisition of NFL Network, through which the league picked up a 10% equity stake in the media juggernaut.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Other shows never got picked up.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for picked up
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Life, certainly not Michael Jackson’s life, was ever that neat and tidy.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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Downtown Wilmington and its suburbs looked tidy and well-kept.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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The new Play Dead vault releases, like the rest of the vault, have been curated by Lemieux and mastered by David Glasser.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Richard Dodd had originally mastered the record way back when.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Taking those songs into the studio, Auerbach assembled a team of iconic musicians.—
Holly Gleason,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Elaborating, Sue Kroll, head of global marketing, said the studio has assembled a team with deep, legacy studio experience leaders who have spent their careers launching films theatrically at the highest level.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
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Chavez-DeRemer, a former Oregon House Republican, gained unusual union backing including from the Teamsters, but skeptics questioned her commitment to pro-worker policies in the GOP administration.—
Seung Min Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Marvell Technology gained nearly 6% on Monday amid reports that Google will use the chip design firm for two new chips to power artificial intelligence workloads.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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From Florida's Key West to Puget Sound in Washington, America watched and hoped together as the Artemis II astronauts lifted off, splashed down, and touched the nation from a quarter million miles away.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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So, Carson lifted the ban on Chase.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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He gets arrested for shoplifting.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Riverside County Sheriff's Office arrested two teens for allegedly killing a 16-year-old last year.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Laemmle officials said the company began exploring opportunities to reinvest in a new property late last year following the sale of its Claremont location, and resumed discussions with the NoHo 7’s ownership around the same time.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 Apr. 2026
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Airlines and the airport have since resumed normal operations.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Cortes went 4 for 5 with a home run in the fourth inning that trimmed Seattle's lead to 3-1.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Texas Education Agency initially proposed over 300 literary works, from which the state board trimmed about 100 of the readings.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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