pick up
— phrasal verb with pick uk/pɪk/us/pɪk/verb
(INCREASE)
to increase or improve:
The truck picked up speed slowly.
The wind always picks up in the evening.
The number of applicants will pick up during the autumn.
His spirits picked up when he got the good news.
Her career only began to pick up when she was in her forties.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming better
- alive
- bloom
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- move on to bigger/better things idiom
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- rally
- shape
- straighten
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- warm
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(PHONE)
to answer the phone:
I tried his home number but he didn't pick up.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communications - by telephone
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- alarm call
- bell
- break
- break up
- call sb up
- cold-calling
- conference call
- connection
- give sb a buzz idiom
- hash
- hold
- put sb through
- put sth down 1
- ring
- telecommuting
- tinkle
- top-up card
- transfer
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