pick up what someone is putting down

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pick up what someone is putting down

verb picks up what someone is putting down · picking up what someone is putting down · picked up what someone was putting down

  1. idiomatic, informal To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does. Moran, picking up what Jennings is putting down, agrees.

    Similar: pick up what someone is laying down, smell what someone is stepping in

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@misc{pick_up_what_someone_is_putting_down_2026,
  title = {pick up what someone is putting down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pick%20up%20what%20someone%20is%20putting%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}