PICKS UP Synonyms: 331 Similar and Opposite Words

picks up

verb

present tense third-person singular of pick up

as in masters

to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks

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as in assembles

to bring together in one body or place pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark

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as in buys

to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for could you pick up some milk at the store?

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as in grows (in)

to gradually increase in the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat

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as in lifts

to move from a lower to a higher place or position pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa

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as in arrests

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food

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as in cleans house

to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff I thought you said you had picked up, so why are these things still lying around the rec room?

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as in resumes

to begin again or return to after an interruption after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off

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as in trims

to make neat the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while

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Recent Examples of picks up The dizzying evolution of AI picks up speed when Ilya gets Sam worked up about next-level AGI, or Artificial General Intelligence, theoretical technology with human-level cognitive capabilities. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 And this is where the back-and-forth picks up steam because the Patriots became aware of CJGJ's comments about Chism on Monday morning. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 For now, there are no plans for Moss’ Mary and Nancy’s widower Robert (Joel Kinnaman) to be in the second installment which picks up on Eleanor’s flash-forward scene in the finale, which resonated with fans. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 But the pace picks up after that and barrels toward the inevitable violent conclusion as the narrative threads all come together. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026 The film picks up in 1940 after France’s defeat by the Nazis and chronicles de Gaulle’s efforts to show the Allies that France was still worth fighting for. — Kate McKenna, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Alex Rodriguez picks up the 2,500th hit of his career as his Yankees defeat Baltimore, 10 - 2, to complete a sweep at Camden Yards. — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 The bomber picks up the hidden camera attached to something across the street and runs. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 The episode picks up when Bret and Robert have their first tense interaction — their vaguely hostile and lightly homoerotic back-and-forth continues to be the highlight of the show for me. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

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Part of the ceiling consideration at quarterback is how a player masters the mental side of the game.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026
The real competitive advantage of the next decade will not belong to the CEO who masters every AI platform, but the CEO who consistently makes better decisions.

— Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of masters

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This business context foundation maps the relationships across content, people, projects, systems and domain knowledge, then assembles the unique context each AI agent needs to do its job.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Matic also doesn’t need to worry about an import ban specifically, because Matic assembles its robots right here in Mountain View, California.

— Sean Hollister, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembles

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That follows two $500,000 ad buys from the business group, which has historically aligned with Republicans, praising incumbent Sens.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Simpler battery packs lower costs The company buys battery cells and assembles its own packs rather than manufacturing the cells themselves.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of buys

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After winding through an aspen grove, the trail gains close to 3,000 feet of elevation to reach the springs.

— The Aspen Times, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Starbucks' turnaround gains traction with consumers New consumer data offered encouraging evidence that the Starbucks turnaround is, indeed, taking hold.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of gains

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Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid held his weekly Zoom news conference Monday, providing several updates as the team resumes football activities coming out of its bye week.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
The relationship resumes; not every power embedded in its earlier form comes home with it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of resumes

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The resulting walk-away safe design prevents fuel meltdowns by basic physical principles, which significantly lowers manufacturing costs and trims regulatory hurdles.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
However, his proposal trims the Center’s initial $750 million ask, with other groups also taking much smaller haircuts as well.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026