- pick someone/something up
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he picked up the baby
Syn:lift, take up, raise, hoist, scoop up, gather up, snatch up2)I'll pick up the parcel on my way
Syn:fetch, collect, call for
Synonyms and antonyms dictionary. 2014.
pick someone/something up
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pick someone/something to pieces — (or apart) criticize someone or something severely and in detail … Useful english dictionary
pick someone/something up — LIFT, take up, raise, hoist, scoop up, gather up, snatch up. → pick … Useful english dictionary
pick someone/something out — distinguish someone or something among a group of people or things Lester picked out two familiar voices ■ (of a light) illuminate an object by shining directly on it ■ usu. be picked out distinguish shapes or letters from their surroundings by… … Useful english dictionary
pick someone apart — pick (someone/something) apart to find mistakes, weaknesses, or faults in someone or something. When new software is developed, the company sends out a test version and asks users to pick it apart. Lots of players are picked apart by their… … New idioms dictionary
pick someone off — pick (someone/something) off 1. to kill or shoot one person or animal at a time. Snipers picked the soldiers off one by one. The birds in the nest were picked off by hawks. 2. to select and attack or defeat a particular person or group. During… … New idioms dictionary
pick out something — pick out (someone/something) 1. to choose someone or something instead of others. The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important. His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan. 2. to find someone or… … New idioms dictionary
pick someone/something out — Syn: see, make out, distinguish, discern, spot, perceive, detect, notice, recognize, identify, catch sight of, glimpse … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
pick someone/something off — shoot a member of a group of people or things, aiming carefully from a distance ■ Baseball put out a runner by a pickoff … Useful english dictionary
pick someone or something to pieces/shreds — pick (someone or something) to pieces/shreds : to study and criticize all of the parts of (someone or something) The media picked his personal life to pieces. Her ideas were picked to shreds by her coworkers. • • • Main Entry: ↑pick … Useful english dictionary
pick someone or something to pieces — pick (someone or something) to pieces see ↑pick, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑piece … Useful english dictionary
