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to pick up
  1. 1 to pick up, to gather
  2. 2 to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped)
  3. 3 to select, to choose, to pick out
  4. 4 to get (unexpectedly), to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.), to snatch (an unexpected victory), to pull off
  5. 5 to pick up (someone; in a car, etc.)
  6. 6 to flag down (a taxi), to hail
  7. 7 to pick up (a signal, sound, interference, etc.)
  8. 8 to (just manage to) return (the ball), to return (a difficult shot)
  9. 9 to take on (someone in adverse circumstances), to employ, to give a job, to take in
  10. 10 to walk, to go on foot
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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

  • Finders keepers.

    sense 2 · to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped)

  • I got a taxi in front of the station.

    sense 6 · to flag down (a taxi)

  • I bent over to pick up the pen.

    sense 1 · to pick up

  • Where can I get a taxi?

    sense 6 · to flag down (a taxi)

  • Can I catch a taxi near here?

    sense 6 · to flag down (a taxi)

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