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  • 1pick up the tab — {v. phr.} To pay the bill in a restaurant; be the one who underwrites financially what others are doing. * / I am always the one who picks up the tab, Charlie complained bitterly. Others get away with being freeloaders. / Compare: FOOT THE BILL …

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  • 2pick up the tab — {v. phr.} To pay the bill in a restaurant; be the one who underwrites financially what others are doing. * / I am always the one who picks up the tab, Charlie complained bitterly. Others get away with being freeloaders. / Compare: FOOT THE BILL …

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  • 3pick up the bill — pick up the bill/tab (US pick up the check) ► INFORMAL to pay for what has been bought, especially a meal in a restaurant: »The airline picked up the bill for the night spent at the hotel. Main Entry: ↑pick sth up …

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  • 4pick up the bill/tab — (US pick up the check) ► INFORMAL to pay for what has been bought, especially a meal in a restaurant: »The airline picked up the bill for the night spent at the hotel. Main Entry: ↑pick sth up …

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  • 5pick up the tab — pick up the bill/tab (US pick up the check) ► INFORMAL to pay for what has been bought, especially a meal in a restaurant: »The airline picked up the bill for the night spent at the hotel. Main Entry: ↑pick sth up …

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  • 6pick — pick1 pickable, adj. /pik/, v.t. 1. to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience. 2. to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight. 3. to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument. 4. to… …

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  • 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… …

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  • 9pick 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… …

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