pick up on
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pick up on
verb picks up on · picking up on · picked up on
- To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked. "Remember, I know more about it than only what you picked up on that morning."
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To continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped.
Andy Murray has landed in Valencia for next week’s ATP tournament to pick up on his interrupted year, six weeks after the Davis Cup tie against Poland when he played three times in successive days and exacerbated the damage to his left wrist.
Similar: resume
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To adopt a practice in which others already engage.
"What you've got to do is, you've got to study the guy and try to pick up on his techniques, try to pick up what he's real good at."
Similar: imitate
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verb to notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked
| Español | percatarse de, pillar, captar, darse cuenta de, detectar, quedarse con la copla |
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Talk about this word "pick up on." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pick%20up%20on. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pick up on. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pick%20up%20on "pick up on." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pick%20up%20on.Cite this
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