Pick up on something
verb phrase
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- Pick-up stick
[pik-uhp] /ˈpɪkˌʌp/ noun 1. one of a group of sticks used in the game of . 2. pick-up sticks [pik-uhp-stiks] /ˈpɪkˌʌpˌstɪks/ (Show IPA). (used with a singular verb) the game of .
- Pick up the pieces
Redeem a bad situation, restore matters to normal, as in Once fighting ended, the task force picked up the pieces and restored democracy. [ Late 1800s ]
- Pickup-tube
noun, Television. 1. .
- Pick up the tab
verb phrase To pay; assume the expense; pay the freight: somebody to pick up the tab, which was important to her (1945+)
- Pickwick
[pik-wik] /ˈpɪk wɪk/ noun 1. a picklike implement for catching up and raising a short of an oil lamp.