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pick sth up phrasal verb ( BUY )
phrasal verb [M]
Definition
to buy something cheaply
She picked up some real bargains in the sale.
(Definition of pick sth up (BUY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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