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Meanings of pick up in English

Portuguese
informar-se
Catalan
assabentar-se
Spanish
descubrir

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.

informar-se
Portuguese
apreender
Catalan
agafar
Spanish
clavar

Take into custody.

apreender
Portuguese
erguer
Catalan
engatar
Spanish
recoger

Fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.

erguer
Catalan
reanimar-se

Gain or regain energy.

reanimar-se
Synonyms
Examples for "perk"
Examples for "perk"
1
Try search out one or two to try perk up your home.
The South African
2
Another 4 percent even offer fully paid sabbaticals as a juicy perk.
Reuters
3
Once their idea of a perk was a few drinks at Christmas.
The Irish Times
4
Don't get the idea that this is some kind of a perk.
Calamity jayne
5
Andy forgot his personal embarrassment and began to perk up his ears.
The Happy Family
1
In this angel-fearful place, all manner of things percolate through the dark.
The Irish Times
2
This took a while to stop seeming funny, and to percolate inwards.
Quicksilver
3
The justices should not let more such laws and resulting constitutional challenges percolate.
Forbes
4
You have to wait for the right one to percolate though.
Reuters
5
Lost in thought, I let my mind percolate on its own.
The incumbent
1
Try search out one or two to try perk up your home.
The South African
2
Andy forgot his personal embarrassment and began to perk up his ears.
The Happy Family
3
Sometimes he would seem to perk up for a Day or two.
Ade's Fables
4
Diane began to perk up as soon as she took a bite.
Gunn's golden rules
5
Don't be alarmed if they flop for a few days: they'll perk up.
The Irish Times
Usage of pick up in English
1
Analysts expect the broad market for IPOs to pick up next year.
Reuters
2
Also, pick up the September issue of EBONY to read Keys' interview.
Ebony
3
Too far left or right and it won't pick up your hands.
Wired
4
Storywise, things pick up one year after the events of the original.
Wired
5
Connor Watson is the number one pick up this week if available.
News.com.au
6
Last January, she visited New York to pick up a new assignment.
The new yorker
7
Ms Zollner said wage inflation should pick up in the coming months.
Radio NZ
8
Our company doesn't allow us to pick up hitchhikers, they all said.
Kafka on the Shore
9
Ever ready to pick up an idea, the writer went right over.
The new yorker
10
Dixon Seeto said industry stakeholders are optimistic bookings will pick up again.
Radio NZ
11
Both governments need to pick up the tab for that, he said.
The Irish Times
12
So the computer was programmed to pick up on certain key words.
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
13
Demand for autos is likely to pick up in the months ahead.
Reuters
14
The private sector remains in no position to pick up the slack.
Reuters
15
The conventional view of Opposition is: pick up votes where you can.
A journey: my political life
16
However, eight different players scored for Cincy to pick up the slack.
Reuters