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                    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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