Значение идиомы pick up
[pick up] {v.} 1. To take up; lift.
During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard.
2. {informal} To pay for someoneelse.
After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up thecheck.
3. To take on or away; receive; get.
At the next corner thebus stopped and picked up three people.
4. To get from differentplaces at different times; a little at a time; collect.
He hadpicked up rare coins in seaports all over the world.
5. To getwithout trying; get accidentally.
He picked up knowledge of radiojust by staying around the radio station.
Billy picked up a coldat school.
6a. To gather together; collect.
When the carpenterfinished making the cabinet, he began picking up his tools.
6b. Tomake neat and tidy; tidy up; put in order.
Pick up your room beforeMother sees it.
6c. To gather things together; tidy a place up.
It’s almost dinner time, children. Time to pick
7.To catch the sound of.
He picked up Chicago on the radio.
8. Toget acquainted with without an introduction; make friendswith.
Mother told Mary not to walk homeby herself from the party because some stranger might try to pick herup.
9. {informal} To take to the police station or jail; arrest.
Police picked the man up for burglary.
10. To recognize the trail ofa hunted person or animal; find.
State police picked up thebandit’s trail.
The dogs picked up the fox’s smell.
11. To make feel better; refresh.
A little food will pick you up.
12a. To increase ; make faster.
The teachertold her singing class to pick up the tempo.
The car picked upspeed.
12b. To become faster; become livelier.
The speed of thetrain began to pick up.
After the band practiced for a while, themusic began to pick up.
13. To start again after interruption; go onwith.
The class picked up the story where they had left it beforethe holiday.
They met after five years, and picked up theirfriendship as if there had been no interruption.
14. {informal} Tobecome better; recover; gain.
She picked up in her schoolwork.
He picked up gradually after a long illness.
His spirits pickedup as he came near home.
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