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picking up on
phrasepresent participle of pick up on
Synonyms & Antonyms of picking up on
1
to have a clear idea of
- The students picked up on the new material quickly.
Synonyms for picking up on
- appreciating,
- apprehending,
- assimilating,
- beholding,
- catching,
- catching on (to),
- cognizing,
- compassing,
- comprehending,
- conceiving,
- cottoning (to or on to),
- deciphering,
- decoding,
- digging,
- discerning,
- getting,
- grasping,
- grokking,
- intuiting,
- knowing,
- making,
- making out,
- perceiving,
- recognizing,
- registering,
- savvying,
- seeing,
- seizing,
- sensing,
- tumbling (to),
- twigging,
- understanding
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2
to take for one's own use (something originated by another)
- She picked up on earlier styles of painting and added her own flourishes.
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