pick up
(INCREASE) — phrasal verb with pick /pɪk/ verbDefinition
› to increase or improve: The truck picked up speed slowly. The wind always picks up in the evening. The number of applicants will pick up during the autumn. His spirits picked up when he got the good news. Her career only began to pick up when she was in her forties.Becoming betterMaking things betterMaking progress and advancing
(Definition of pick up (INCREASE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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pick sth up phrasal verb (NOTICE)
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pick sth up phrasal verb (SIGNAL)
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pick sth up phrasal verb (WIN)
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pick up on sth phrasal verb (NOTICE)
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pick up on sth phrasal verb (RETURN)
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pick up phrasal verb (PHONE)
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pick up the bill/tab idiom
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pick up the phone idiom
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pick up the pieces idiom
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pick up the thread(s) idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- bloom verb (DEVELOP)
- blossom verb
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- come along phrasal verb (DEVELOP)
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- ennoble verb
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- perk up phrasal verb
- rally noun (IMPROVEMENT)
- rally verb (IMPROVE)
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- sharpen up your act idiom
- straighten up phrasal verb (BEHAVIOUR)
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around/round phrasal verb
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