Phrasal verbs with pick

2. Pick up – lift something or someone up

E.g: He picked up the letter and read it.

3. Pick up – get up from the ground after you have fallen

E.g: Carol picked herself up and brushed the dirt off her coat.

4. Pick up – buy something or get it from a shop, …

E.g: I picked up an evening paper on the way home.

5. Pick up – get an illness

E.g: I picked up a virus while I was in America.

6. Pick up – collect something from a place

E.g: She just dropped by to pick up her mail.

7. Pick out – choose someone or something from a group

E.g: She picked out a navy blue dress.

8. Pick out – recognize someone or something in a group of people or things

E.g: She was able to pick out her father at the other side of the room.

9. Pick off – point a weapon carefully at one person or animal in a group, and then shoot them

E.g: There were gunmen in some of the buildings who picked off our men as they went past.