To pay attention and perceive something.
1 So the computer was programmed to pick up on certain key words.
2 Storm Report SA were the first to pick up on the phenomenon.
3 Just passively expecting someone to pick up on context clues never works.
4 And, quite importantly, how do you pick up on who is gay?
5 Let's see Meeks pick up on that one, he thought to himself.
6 Don't let the dragon pick up on his thoughts and thwart him.
7 It's criminal that I didn't pick up on this or notice this.
8 If I did it, she'd pick up on it in no time.
9 I didn't pick up on her until tonight at the dinner table.
10 We just have to be smart enough to pick up on it.
11 Plus, it's one less thing to pick up on your weekly shop.
12 Not surprisingly, advertisers have been slower to pick up on the trend.
13 One of the cable channels is starting to pick up on it.
14 It appeared to amuse him that I would pick up on this.
15 You were the only one to pick up on the movie angle.
16 It amazed him, how she could pick up on something like that.
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