pick up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de ramasser quelque chose, d'aller chercher quelqu'un ou quelque chose, d'acquérir une compétence ou une habitude, ou d'améliorer une situation.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of lifting something, collecting someone or something, acquiring a skill or habit, or improving a situation.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Lift or take hold offormal

   To lift something from a surface using your hands.

   ramasser, prendre

   • She picked up the book from the table.
   • He picked up the fallen toy for the child.
   • Please pick up your clothes from the floor.

   Synonymeselevategrabgrasphoistliftraisetake upuplift

   Antonymesdropput downset down

2. Collect or fetchformal

   To go and get someone or something from a place.

   aller chercher

   • I need to pick up my dry cleaning after work.
   • She picked up her friend from the airport.
   • Can you pick up the pizza on your way home?

   Synonymescall forcollectfetchgetretrieve

3. Learn or acquireinformal

   To learn something new, often quickly or informally.

   Apprendre ou acquérir

   • He picked up Spanish while living in Mexico.
   • She picked up the basics of coding in a few weeks.
   • Children pick up languages very easily.

   Synonymesabsorbacquireassimilatecatch ongrasplearnmaster

   Antonymesforgetloseunlearn

4. Improve or increaseinformal

   To become better or to increase in speed, strength, or activity.

   s'améliorer / augmenter

   • Business is starting to pick up after the holidays.
   • The wind picked up in the afternoon.
   • Sales picked up significantly after the new campaign.

   Synonymesacceleratebounce backimproveincreaseintensifylook upperk uprallyrecoverrev upstrengthensurge

5. Answer a phoneinformal

   To answer an incoming telephone call.

   Décrocher (le téléphone)

   • He called but she didn't pick up.
   • I tried to call you, but you didn't pick up.
   • Please pick up the phone when it rings.

   Synonymesanswergettake

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