pick up

Example Sentences

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The Vaccines' sixth album, Pick-up Full Of Pink Carnations, was released last week and entered the UK album charts at number three.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

Pick-up horses are generally ridden into the arena to help a rodeo competitor get off a bucking animal.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Pick-up and drop-off areas at the airport in Belo Horizonte have been redirected around a crane.

From Reuters • Jun. 4, 2014

Hollywood rediscovered him, churning out a succession of bad movies including the humorless "51 Pick-up" starring Roy Scheider.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2013

Then into the telephone: “New York license so-and-so. Yes. Pick-up truck with camper top. Yes—a dog.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck