Vocabulary

Form

to pick up

verb vt
N3 freq #42

Example sentences

He picked up a hat and put it on to see how it would look.

He picked up the phone.

He took up his pen and began to write.

His proposal is not worth talking about.

The man cheated her out of her money.

We'd better take up this issue immediately.

The policeman took the knife from the boy.

I'm afraid the bank is going to repossess my house.