pick ups

(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.

(transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing.

(transitive) To collect a passenger.

(transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state.

(intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up.

(transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.

(transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on.

(transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.

(transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone.

(intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly.

(transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).

(transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect).

(transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.

(transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like).

(transitive) To pay for.

(transitive) To reduce the despondency of.

(transitive) To take control (physically) of something.

(soccer, transitive) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.

(transitive) To record; to notch up.

(sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul.

(intransitive) To restart or resume.

To reach and continue along (a road).

(transitive) To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.

(US, military, transitive) To promote somebody who was previously passed over.