Pick-up Definition
verb
To collect an object, especially in passing.
Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?
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(intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.
Aren't you going to pick up after yourself?
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To collect and detain (a suspect).
The cops have picked up the man they were looking for.
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Synonyms:
- offer oneself
- give the glad eye
- proposition
- encounter
- take-up-with
- fall-in-with
- drop in for
- bring along
- stop for
- go for
- call for
- invite
- apprehend
- accompany
- go to get
noun
The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle. The time the act occurs.
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An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist.
Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pick up, I'm not interested.
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(US) A pickup truck.
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(tennis) A half-volley.
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Other Word Forms of Pick-up
Noun
Singular:
pick-up
Plural:
pick-ups
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