pick up synonyms

pick up

v.

  1. To acquire incidentally

    happen upon, find, secure; see obtain 1.

  2. To take up in the hand or arms

    lift, uplift, cuddle; see raise 1.

  3. To receive

    get, take, acquire; see receive 1.

  4. *To increase

    pay better, swell, swell out; see increase 1.

  5. *To improve

    get better, get well, recover health; see recover 3.

  6. *To call for

    call for, go for, stop for, drop in for, bring along, go to get, accompany, get, apprehend, invite; see also arrest 1, invite 1.

  7. *To make a casual acquaintance

    fall in with, take up with, encounter, give the glad eye, offer oneself, proposition*; see also solicit 3.

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