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pick up1Become better; improve: my luck’s picked up...- But it does not expect an improvement until trade starts picking up towards the end of the winter.
- General sales need to pick up before the business improves.
- He doesn't see improvement until job growth picks up.
Synonyms improve, get better, recover, mend, be on the road to recovery, rally, make a comeback, bounce back, perk up, look up, take a turn for the better, turn the/a corner, be given/take on a new lease of life, be on the mend, develop, make headway, progress, make progress, advance 1.1Become stronger; increase: the wind has picked up...- I noticed the wind picking up and the lightening increasing, so I figured rain couldn't be far behind.
- As the pace of the storm increased the wind picked up, driving down out of the hills and across the high grasslands.
- Forecasters are predicting that the icy conditions will continue into next week with easterly winds picking up and a strong possibility of snow.
Synonyms get stronger, strengthen, become more powerful, blow up 2Answer a telephone call: let the machine pick up and return the call later...- Vacillating between wanting to answer, and not wanting to answer, she finally picked up before the machine did.
- But on the fifth ring, before the answering machine picked up, Tatiana answered.
- Rowena set her pen down, pushed back her chair, and managed to answer before the machine picked up.
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