PICKING UP Synonyms: 333 Similar and Opposite Words

picking up

verb

present participle of pick up

as in mastering

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 assembling

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 buying

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 growing (in)

to gradually increase in the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat

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as in lifting

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 arresting

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 cleaning 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 resuming

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 trimming

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 picking up Henderson sent several texts to a partner at DTLA about picking up checks for his work in Val Verde, according to messages reviewed by The Times. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 Later in the second half, Olise teed up Ousmane Dembele with prodded outside-of-the-boot passes after picking up loose balls in front of the defence. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 July 2026 Especially at Louisville, just making that big jump, picking up full court, just being a dog, being scrappy, getting through screens, just everything like that. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026 Reese looked cooked after picking up four quick fouls in the first half, spending way too much time riding the pine. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 Folks shivering in the freezing cold to deliver our packages, picking up trash to keep our parks clean. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026 These crafts are perfect for putting down your phone and picking up a creative outlet. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2026 Be sure to give your eyes time to adjust and use your phone's camera to scan the sky, as your phone's camera is better at picking up faint auroras than the naked eye. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 4 June 2026 Residents, businesses and organizations are also invited to participate in the department’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline awareness campaign by picking up a 988 yard sign at the county office at 2170 Point Blvd. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026

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Charli is well on her way to mastering all three mediums spelled out in the title of her new LP, Music, Fashion, Film.

— Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
From tailored button-downs to cargo pants and jumpsuits, Aniston proves that repeating versatile basics and refining your personal uniform is the key to mastering quiet luxury style.

— Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 22 July 2026

Definition of mastering

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Why hardware is notoriously difficult To build and ship a family of new devices, the Ive-OpenAI alliance will need to be hyper-focused, including assembling a manufacturing system from scratch.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 22 July 2026
Microsoft's Agent Operating System Rather than focusing exclusively on the model layer, Microsoft is assembling what increasingly looks like an operating system for agents.

— Francis Sideco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of assembling

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Bristol Myers Squibb is buying Nvidia 's newest enterprise AI computing system to use for drug discovery and development.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Former executives, consultants, accountants, engineers, and finance professionals increasingly see buying a business as a legitimate entrepreneurial career path.

— Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of buying

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Gogo's Galileo system, which uses the Eutelsat OneWeb low Earth orbit network, is gaining market share (the company also has a three-year price guarantee) and is being rolled out on more aircraft types.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
And developers submitted a proposal to the city last spring, which is currently still in the process of gaining approval from Parkville’s Planning and Zoning Commission.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

Definition of gaining

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Kennedy has publicly advocated for lifting restrictions on peptides and talked up their benefits.

— Will Stone, NPR, 23 July 2026
What changes in September is whether the law stands between the ground the tribes consider to be sacred and the mining that lifting these protections might enable.

— Kerri J. Malloy, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

Definition of lifting

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On its debut album, the Australian quartet weaves quietly arresting details and playful sonic touches into catchy, familiar noise-pop.

— Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026
Lingering Concerns Despite scrapping the warning period, officers can’t go straight to arresting the homeless.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

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Both traders and investors can use the $320s as their stop, a zone where the stock found footing on multiple occasions before resuming higher.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 20 July 2026
As the administration forges ahead with its immigration enforcement campaign, former ICE officials and policing experts warned that resuming vehicle stops without a thorough review of training or tactics could lead to more violent encounters.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026