pick up after sb

  • 1pick up after — ˌpick ˈup ˌafter [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pick up after he/she/it picks up after present participle picking up after …

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  • 2pick up after — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pick up after : present tense I/you/we/they pick up after he/she/it picks up after present participle picking up after past tense picked up after past participle picked up after pick up after someone to make a …

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  • 3pick up — {v.} 1. To take up; lift. * /During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard./ 2. {informal} To pay for someone else. * /After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up the check./ 3. To take on or away; receive; get. * /At the… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 4pick up — {v.} 1. To take up; lift. * /During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard./ 2. {informal} To pay for someone else. * /After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up the check./ 3. To take on or away; receive; get. * /At the… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 5pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6pick — pick1 [ pık ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to choose someone or something from a group: Out of all the girls he could have gone out with, he picked me. pick someone/something for something: She was picked for the school play. pick someone to do… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 7pick — 1 /pIk/ verb (T) 1 CHOOSE STH to choose someone or something good or suitable from a group or range of people or things: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15. | Let me pick a few examples at random. | pick your words (=be careful …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8pick\ up — v 1. To take up; lift. During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard. 2. informal To pay for someone else. After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up the check. 3. To take on or away; receive; get. At the next corner the… …

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  • 9pick — I UK [pɪk] / US verb [transitive] Word forms pick : present tense I/you/we/they pick he/she/it picks present participle picking past tense picked past participle picked *** 1) a) to choose someone or something from a group Out of all the girls he …

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  • 10pick up — v. 1) (d; intr.) to pick up after ( to clean up for ) (I was always picking up after them) 2) (slang) (d; intr.) to pick up on ( to continue ); ( to become aware of ) …

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