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pick sth up

(NOTICE) phrasal verb with pick
 
 
/pɪk/ verb

Definition

to notice and react to something: Police dogs picked up the scent of the two men from clothes they had left behind.Using the eyesEyesight, glasses and lensesThe eye and surrounding areaPerceptive
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