pick up
Phrasal verbto go somewhere in your car and collect sb who is waiting for you; to collect sth from a place; to answer a phone; to go faster, or to tell someone to hurry and increase their speed
American · informal · Heard in 282 moviesMeaning
Meaning
Oxford15% of films
to go somewhere in your car and collect sb who is waiting for you
Oxford15% of films
to collect sth from a place
Oxford10% of films
to answer a phone
Editorial5% of films
to go faster, or to tell someone to hurry and increase their speed
In the movies · 282
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Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9th edition
- Sorry. - Pick up your stuff, David, and go.
Said in 8 films · #1