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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
pick up
▪ I. ˌpick ˈup derived
1. to get better, stronger, etc; to improve
•Trade usually picks up in the spring.
•The wind is picking up now.
•Sales have picked up 14% this year.
related noun ↑pickup
2. (informal)to start again; to continue
•Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.
3. (informal, especially NAmE)to put things away and make things neat, especially for sb else
•All I seem to do is cook, wash and pick up after the kids.
Main entry: ↑pickderived
▪ II. ˌpick ˈup | ˌpick sth ˈup derived
to answer a phone
• The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.
Main entry: ↑pickderived
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