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  • 71pick up — verb 1. take and lift upward (Freq. 22) • Syn: ↑lift up, ↑gather up • Hypernyms: ↑raise, ↑lift, ↑elevate, ↑get up, ↑bring up …

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  • 72pick someone up — 1 I ll pick you up after lunch: FETCH, collect, call for. 2 (informal) he was picked up by the police: ARREST, apprehend, detain, take into custody, seize; …

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  • 73Off-roading — A Land Rover Defender 90 off roading Off roading is a term for driving a vehicle on unsurfaced roads or tracks, made of materials such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural terrain. Contents 1 …

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  • 74Pick a Bigger Weapon — Infobox Album | Name = Pick a Bigger Weapon Type = Album Artist = The Coup Released = April 25, 2006 Genre = Hip Hop Length = Label = Epitaph Records Producer = Boots Riley Organized Elements Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic …

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  • 75off the hook — adjective freed from danger or blame or obligation I let him off the hook with a mild reprimand • Similar to: ↑safe * * * 1) informal no longer in difficulty or trouble I lied to get him off the hook 2) (of a telephone receiver) not on its rest,… …

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  • 76pick up — Synonyms and related words: accumulate, acquire, advance, amass, ameliorate, amend, animate, annex, apprehend, arrest, assemble, book, boost, brace, brace up, brighten, bring, bring back, bring together, brisk, brisken, buck up, buoy up, bust,… …

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  • 77pick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. best, cream, flower, elite, choice; selection; pickax. See sharpness. v. t. select, choose; pluck, garner, gather; cull. See goodness, approbation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An implement for picking] Syn …

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  • 78Off-Air Pickup — An Off Air Pickup was a method used by some small market television stations in the United States to receive and relay network programming. In the 1950s, a network of AT T coaxial cable and microwave relays known as Long Lines was constructed.… …

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  • 79off hook — The state that your telephone is in when you pick it up. In non computer life, it usually means when the telephone connection is accidentally disconnected, such as Someone must have left the phone off the hook. A modem that takes the phone off… …

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  • 80pick up stitches — 1. verb to add ( pick up ) stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac. 2. noun stitches that were added to the row, during knitting …

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