(transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).
Genuinely surprised to learn Obakenori is its dev's first released game, at least on Steam. Has decent platformer feel and needs a little smoothing out, but was real easy to pick up and play out the gate. www.youtube.…
I hope so. I was contemplating nipping to Manchester to pick up a library card but the weather's a bit grim. Too expensive getting there if it's going to rain.
(transitive) To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch or contract (a disease).
Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?
“💃 yeah, i'm doing my best to not go overboard, at least now that i've got the deco done it's hard, though i just wanna be done all the things, but my hands are wrecked and i can barely pick up my coffee cup today”
“Claude told me that in past WC games, reservations pick up over last couple of weeks and also more as people see how their team does. Claude also says these low numbers are new and no telling how it will go given the Trump war with Iran.”
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But as so often happens, what we have is an abrupt change with knock-on consequences not considered until too late. (Will they backpedal? Maybe. Will they press on and expect schools to pick up all kinds of extra slac…
“Wondering what your kitty has to say? You can pick up some cat divination tools for your familiar at FelineOracle.com 💙”
“"If you like whimsical oddities from Japanese cinema, then this New Directors From Japan: Takashi Ono is well worth a watch" Our set reviewed at My Reviewer Limited numbers available! Pick up one @terracottadist.bsky.social before they go OOP!”
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(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.
“Genuinely surprised to learn Obakenori is its dev's first released game, at least on Steam. Has decent platformer feel and needs a little smoothing out, but was real easy to pick up and play out the gate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPtX...”
“I hope so. I was contemplating nipping to Manchester to pick up a library card but the weather's a bit grim. Too expensive getting there if it's going to rain.”
“But as so often happens, what we have is an abrupt change with knock-on consequences not considered until too late. (Will they backpedal? Maybe. Will they press on and expect schools to pick up all kinds of extra slack? Probably.) Predictable, and avoidable, but here we are.”
“Shoutout to those who pick up the rubble, cure, repair, defend, create and teach things that are good for others. We need more of those people in this world.”
“I did! I hope they release X-2's soundtrack on viynl too because i just would like the complete series for ffx. Oh hell yeah. I'll take a look at the line and see if anyone screams to me to pick up. They do! I got my newest MLP Kotobukiya figures from them.”
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(transitive, ) To collect an object, especially in passing.
When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom.
“GOP projected to pick up 13 more seats due to gerrymandering.🤷♂️ Let that sink in!”
“08:57 Uhr: DJ Koze - Pick Up Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7dFvYtokT2xQH1HvaQgbgY SongLink: https://song.link/s/7dFvYtokT2xQH1HvaQgbgY”
“Pick up a knife and stab a familiar warm body, Learned to fight before I knew love or bitterness of coffee”
“Disaster! I forgot to pick up more coffee for work. There is some left but I have to ration it this morning.”
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