📦pick up

phrasal verb
/pɪk ʌp/

Meaning

to lift something; to collect or receive someone or something; to learn or acquire gradually; to improve or increase

Example Sentences

She picked up the book from the floor.

Example Expressions

pick up the pace

Synonyms

lift, collect, gather, acquire, retrieve

Antonyms

drop, leave, abandon

Collocations

pick up a phone, pick up speed, pick up skills, pick up a habit

More Example Sentences

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots while children paint recycling signs for the community bins

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots while children paint recycling signs for the community bins and a local bakery donates snacks for everyone

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots while children paint recycling signs for the community bins and a local bakery donates snacks for everyone making the event a great success that brings people together

A woman organizes a neighborhood cleanup on a Saturday morning by posting flyers on every street corner and creating a group chat to coordinate volunteers who bring their own gloves and garbage bags and they pick up litter from the sidewalks and empty lots while children paint recycling signs for the community bins and a local bakery donates snacks for everyone making the event a great success that brings people together and inspires the city council to install more trash cans in the area.

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