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Phrasal Verbs: Pick (general meanings)
Pick at
*to eat slowly
Mauro picks at his food. He eats like a bird.
*to irritate, to bother
If you have a mosquito bite, you shouldn’t pick at it.
Pick off
to remove
Toni picked the hairs off her sweater one by one.
Pick on
*to bully or to single one person out
Teenagers always pick on the new kid in school.
Pick up
to lift
He picked up his book and left the room.
to learn through experience
I picked up a little Korean when I lived in Seoul.
to get somebody by car
Larry always picks me up when I fly into Philadelphia.
to buy or get something
Please pick some milk up when you go to the store.
*to pay a bill for somebody else
Anastasia picked up our tab at the bar.
to continue something at a later date
Let’s finish this for the day and pick it up again tomorrow.
*to receive a signal
I think she likes me. I am picking up a lot of signals.
Pick up on
*to become aware of something
Roberto is very clever. He picks up on new grammar points easily.
Pick out
to choose something
I told Gina to pick out a new pair of shoes for her birthday present.
Pick apart
Meaning: Criticise, find fault
Example: The critics PICKED the film APART.
Phrasal Verbs: Pick (additional meanings)
Pick apart
- Meaning: Overcome by skilled execution
- Example: The quarterback picked apart the secondary defense in the first half.
Pick off
- Meaning: Remove by picking
- Example: Before you recycle the bottle you need to pick off the label.
Pick off
- Meaning: Shoot one by one
- Example: The sniper picked off the incoming police one at a time.
Pick on, Pick out Meaning & Examples
Pick on
- Meaning: Bully, harass or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass
- Example: Hey! Quit picking on your brother.
Pick on
- Meaning: Select (a person) for a task, etc.
- Example: The teacher picked on me to answer the question.
Pick out
- Meaning: Distinguish
- Example: The young birds cry out for food, and the parents returning from the sea manage to pick out their own amid a mass of look-alikes.
Pick up Meaning & Examples
Pick up
- Meaning: Lift; to grasp and raise
- Example: When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.
Pick up
- Meaning: Collect an object, especially in passing
- Example: Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?
Pick up
- Meaning: Clean up; to return to an organized state
- Example: Aren’t you going to pick up after yourself?
Pick up
- Meaning: Collect a passenger
- Example: I’ll pick you up outside the library.
Pick up
- Meaning: Collect and detain (a suspect)
- Example: The cops have picked up the man they were looking for.
Pick up
- Meaning: Improve, increase or speed up
- Example: Prices seem to be picking up again.
Pick up
- Meaning: Restart or resume
- Example: Let’s pick up where we left off yesterday.
Pick up
- Meaning: Learn, to grasp; to begin to understand
- Example: It looks complicated, but you’ll soon pick it up.
Pick up
- Meaning: Point out (a person’s behaviour, habits or actions) in a critical manner
- Example: She’s always picking me up on my grammar.
Pick up
- Meaning: Answer a telephone
- Example: I’m calling him, but he just isn’t picking up!
Pick up
- Meaning: Pay for
- Example: The company will pick up lunch with customers for sales calls.
A. Phrasal Verbs: Pick. Fill in the blank with the preposition(s) that make the most sense:
- She picked me______ after my English class.
- Stop picking ______ him! Can’t you see he doesn’t like it?
- I had to pick the tomatoes ______ Scott’s burger. He doesn’t like tomatoes.
- I wish my girl friend would pick ______ the bill sometimes. Going out is really expensive.
- I don’t have service on my cell phone. I am not picking ______ any wifi signal.
- I am going to take you to buy a new pair of sunglasses for your birthday. You can pick ______ the ones you like.
- I’ll run down to the store to pick ______ some new batteries.
- My daughter doesn’t eat much. She just picks ______ her food.
- I hope I pick ______ some new phrasal verbs from this free English lesson!
- The mother waited while her daughter ________________________ the toy that she wanted.
- I have to go run some errands, but I ________________________ you later tonight.
- My big brother always used to ________________________ me when I was a kid.
- My friends ______________ the film, they didn't like it.
- They will ____________________lunch with us as we are their guests.
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