pick up🔊

To lift; to grasp and raise.

() To collect an object, especially in passing.

To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).

To clean up; to return to an organized state.

To collect a passenger.

To collect and detain (a suspect).

(media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.

To improve, increase{{,}} or speed up.

To restart or resume.

To reach and continue along (a road).

To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize. +

To receive (a radio signal or the like).

() To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.

To point out the behaviour, habits{{,}} or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with (on).

(with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.

To answer a telephone. +

(of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.

To pay for.

To reduce the despondency of.

To take control (physically) of something.

To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.

To record; to notch up.

(sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul. {{rfex|en}}

To promote somebody who was previously passed over.

(pickup).