pick up

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar a ação de levantar algo, buscar ou pegar alguém ou algo, adquirir uma habilidade ou hábito, ou melhorar de situação.

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

incontável · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Lift or take hold offormal

   To lift something from a surface using your hands.

   Pegar

   • 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.

   Sinônimoselevategrabgrasphoistliftraisetake upuplift

   Antônimosdropput downset down

2. Collect or fetchformal

   To go and get someone or something from a place.

   Buscar

   • 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?

   Sinônimoscall forcollectfetchgetretrieve

3. Learn or acquireinformal

   To learn something new, often quickly or informally.

   Aprender

   • 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.

   Sinônimosabsorbacquireassimilatecatch ongrasplearnmaster

   Antônimosforgetloseunlearn

4. Improve or increaseinformal

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

   Melhorar ou aumentar

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

   Sinônimosacceleratebounce backimproveincreaseintensifylook upperk uprallyrecoverrev upstrengthensurge

5. Answer a phoneinformal

   To answer an incoming telephone call.

   Atender o telefone

   • 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.

   Sinônimosanswergettake

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