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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
pick something up
▪ I. ˌpick sthˈup derived
1. to get information or a skill by chance rather than by making a deliberate effort
•to pick up bad habits
• Here's a tip I picked up from my mother.
• She picked up Spanish when she was living in Mexico.
•Where did you pick up that idea?
2. to identify or recognize sth
• Scientists can now pick up early signs of the disease.
3. to collect sth from a place
• I picked up my coat from the cleaners.
related noun ↑pickup
4. (informal)to buy sth, especially cheaply or by chance
• We managed to pick up a few bargains at the auction.
5. (informal)to get or obtain sth
•I seem to have picked up a terrible cold from somewhere.
•I picked up £30 in tips today.
6. to find and follow a route
•to pick up the scent of an animal
•We can pick up the motorway in a few miles.
7. to return to an earlier subject or situation in order to continue it
Syn: ↑take up
•He picks up this theme again in later chapters of the book.
•She left the band in 2006 to pick up her career as a solo performer.
8. to notice sth that is not very obvious; to see sth that you are looking for
•I picked up the faint sound of a car in the distance.
9. (especially NAmE)to put things away neatly
•Will you pick up all your toys?
10. (NAmE)to put things away and make a room neat
•to pick up a room
Main entry: ↑pickderived
▪ II. ˌpick sb/sthˈup derived
1. to take hold of sb/sth and lift them/it up
• She went over to the crying child and picked her up.
2. to receive an electronic signal, sound or picture
• We were able to pick up the BBC World Service.
• The survivors were rescued after their sounds were picked up by a television crew's microphone.
Main entry: ↑pickderived
▪ III. ˌpick ˈup | ˌpick sth ˈup derived
to answer a phone
• The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.
Main entry: ↑pickderived
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