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to pick up
  1. 1 to pick up
  2. 2 to adopt (a proposal), to take up (a topic), to accept, to listen to — sometimes written as 採り上げる
  3. 3 to take issue with, to make a problem of, to bring up (as a point of criticism)
  4. 4 to report (news), to cover, to feature
  5. 5 to take away, to confiscate, to deprive (someone) of, to revoke, to disqualify, to cancel
  6. 6 to deliver (a baby)
  7. 7 to collect (taxes)
N3
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#1957
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • We won't take up the problem.

    sense 1 · to pick up

  • Bad drivers should have their licenses taken away from them.

    sense 5 · to take away

  • He picked up the phone.

    sense 1 · to pick up

  • I hear you had your driver's license canceled.

    sense 1 · to pick up

  • She took up his offer.

    sense 1 · to pick up

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