Thesaurus / pick up
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEMost of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESome weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSIn less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSEven as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEShe sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXA flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWhen we'd finished, one of the hunters rounded up the horses and we caught our nags and saddled them.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRSYNONYM OF THE DAY
AUGUST 3, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO PICK UP
- absterged
- bathed
- bathed
- blotted
- brushed
- cauterized
- clarified
- cleansed
- clear the decks
- clear up
- deodorized
- depurated
- deterged
- did up
- disinfected
- dredged
- dusted
- edulcorated
- elutriated
- erased
- expunged
- expurgated
- flushed
- hackled
- laundered
- laved
- mopped
- neatened
- picked
- picked up
- polished
- purged
- purified
- raked
- rasped
- refined
- rinsed
- routed out
- sanitized
- scalded
- scoured
- scraped
- scrubbed
- shampooed
- shook out
- soaked
- soaped
- sponged
- spruced up
- sterilized
- straightened up
- swabbed
- swept
- tidied up
- vacuumed
- washed
- whisked
- winnowed
- wiped
- abided
- advanced
- carried forward
- drew out
- endured
- extended
- forged ahead
- got on with it
- hung in
- kept at
- kept on
- kept on truckin'
- kept the ball rolled
- kept up
- lasted
- lengthened
- lingered
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- loitered
- made headway
- maintained
- moved ahead
- never ceased
- outlasted
- outlived
- perdured
- persevered
- persisted in
- press on
- progressed
- projected
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- promoted
- pursued
- pushed on
- ran on
- reached
- remained
- rested
- rode
- stayed
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- stood
- stuck at
- stuck to
- survived
- sustained
- upheld
- went on
- abides
- advances
- carries forward
- draws out
- endures
- extends
- forges ahead
- gets on with it
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- hangs in
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- keeps on truckin'
- keeps the ball rolls
- keeps up
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- loiters
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- makes headway
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- never ceases
- outlasts
- outlives
- perdures
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- press on
- progresses
- projects
- prolongs
- promotes
- pursues
- pushes on
- reaches
- remains
- rests
- rides
- runs on
- stands
- stays
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- sticks at
- sticks to
- survives
- sustains
- upholds
- alter
- ameliorate
- amend
- better
- change
- clean up
- clean up act
- cure
- debug
- do over
- doctor
- edit
- emend
- fiddle with
- fix up
- get with it
- go over
- help
- improve
- launder
- make over
- make right
- make up for
- mend
- pay dues
- pick up
- polish
- put in order
- reclaim
- reconstruct
- rectify
- redress
- reform
- regulate
- remedy
- remodel
- reorganize
- repair
- retouch
- review
- revise
- right
- scrub
- set right
- set straight
- shape up
- straighten out
- touch up
- turn around
- upgrade
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