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  • 91pick up on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pick up on : present tense I/you/we/they pick up on he/she/it picks up on present participle picking up on past tense picked up on past participle picked up on 1) pick up on something to talk in more detail… …

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  • 92pick-up — [1] A utility truck with a closed cab and an open box. In Australia it is called a utility or ute. [2] The transfer of material, as between bearing and shaft, caused by friction and heat due to lack of oil; can lead to seizure. [3] A pick up coil …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 93Pick up — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. To pick up signifie ramasser en anglais. Un pick up, ou pickup, est le nom qu on donnait à un électrophone, dont on soulevait le bras. Un pick up est un… …

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  • 94pick — Synonyms and related words: abuse, accelerate, accost, accumulate, acquire, adz, aggravate, alternativity, amass, annoy, apprehend, arrest, assemble, ax, badger, bait, be at, beak, become acquainted with, bedevil, beset, best, bother, bread knife …

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  • 95pick\ up — v 1. To take up; lift. During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard. 2. informal To pay for someone else. After lunch, in the restaurant, Uncle Bob picked up the check. 3. To take on or away; receive; get. At the next corner the… …

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  • 96pick up — transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. a. to take hold of and lift up b. to gather together ; collect < picked up all the pieces > c. to clean up ; tidy 2. to take (passengers or freight) into a vehicle 3 …

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  • 97pick at — verb 1. pluck or pull at with the fingers (Freq. 1) She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse • Syn: ↑pluck at, ↑pull at • Hypernyms: ↑pull • Verb Frames …

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  • 98pick on — [verb] torment, badger, bait, bully, goad, hector, tease * * * repeatedly single (someone) out for blame, criticism, or unkind treatment in a way perceived to be unfair * * * pick on [phrasal verb] pick on (someone) 1 : to laugh at or make fun of …

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  • 99pick up —    to acquire a sexual partner casually    Of either sex, often at a first meeting:     Rachman continued to pick up other girls. (S. Green, 1979)    The person thus met is a pick up:     You don t think they make me look like a tart?... I ll go&#8230; …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 100pick up — 1) get, receive I picked up my dry cleaning after I finished work yesterday. 2) take on passengers, receive The bus picked us up at about six o clock in the morning. 3) make neat and tidy He decided to pick up his room before his friend came to&#8230; …

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