pick

  • 121pick — See: BONE TO PICK or CROW TO PICK …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 122pick-me-up — {n. phr.} Something you take when you feel tired or weak. * /John stopped at a drugstore for a pick me up after working three hours overtime./ * /Mary always carried a bar of chocolate in her pocketbook for a pick me up./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 123pick — See: BONE TO PICK or CROW TO PICK …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 124pick-me-up — {n. phr.} Something you take when you feel tired or weak. * /John stopped at a drugstore for a pick me up after working three hours overtime./ * /Mary always carried a bar of chocolate in her pocketbook for a pick me up./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 125pick up — UK US pick up Phrasal Verb with pick({{}}/pɪk/ verb [T] ► to improve: »When business picks up he ll probably offer permanent jobs to the most valued employees …

    Financial and business terms

  • 126Pick — Recorded in several forms including Pick, Pix, Picke, and the patronymics Picks, Pickes, Pickess and Pickiss, this is an English surname. It may have derived from a number of various origins. First mentioned in the famous Domesday Book of 1086,… …

    Surnames reference

  • 127pick at — phr verb Pick at is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑vulture Pick at is used with these nouns as the object: ↑food …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 128pick up — phr verb Pick up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑aerial, ↑bus, ↑business, ↑cab, ↑ear, ↑economy, ↑market, ↑media, ↑microphone, ↑rating, ↑trade, ↑wind …

    Collocations dictionary