Pick_up vs Salvage - What's the difference?
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(lb) To lift; to grasp and raise.
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To collect an object, especially in passing.
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*:"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal."
To clean up; to return to an organized state.
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*1967 , (Beverly Cleary), (Mitch and Amy) , 2009 edition, ISBN 9780688108069, p.28:
*:The floor was strewn with bright snips of origami paper, a crumpled drawing, and one dirty sock, which Amy now shoved under the bed with her foot. ¶ "You're lucky," said Marla. "My mother makes me pick up my room every single day."
(lb) To collect a passenger.
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(lb) To collect and detain (a suspect).
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(lb) To improve, increase or speed up.
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(lb) To restart or resume.
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*2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, AV Club
*:Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.
(lb) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.
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(lb) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
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To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".
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(lb) To point out (a person's behaviour, habits or actions) in a critical manner.
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To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
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To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.
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To pay for.
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To reduce the despondency of.
*1973 (released 1974), (Lynard Skynyrd), (Sweet Home Alabama)
*:they pick' me ' up when I'm feeling blue
To take control (physically) of something.
*{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Chris Whyatt, work=BBC
, title= (lb) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
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, title= To record, to notch up.
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the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
the compensation paid to the rescuers
the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
damaged
* salvage cars auction.
Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue
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, year=2011
, date=September 13
, author=Sam Lyon
, title=Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal
, work=BBC
Of discarded goods, to put to use
To make new or restore for the use of being saved
In transitive terms the difference between pick_up and salvage
is that pick_up is to point out (a person's behaviour, habits, or actions) in a critical manner while salvage is to make new or restore for the use of being saved.pick_up
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Verb
The Dark Knight Rises
Chelsea 1-0 Bolton, passage=Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance.}}
Cardiff 0-2 Stoke, passage=And soon after, no-one picked up Shotton who was free to power a 12-yard header over from another Pennant corner, before Pennant sent a free kick straight at Cardiff keeper Tom Heaton.}}
Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos, passage=And the home side survived without any late scares to pick up the first win of their Group F campaign.}}
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Derived terms
* pick up artist * pick up joint * pick up line * pick up on * pick up stitches * pick up truck * pick up what someone is putting down English phrasal verbssalvage
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(wikipedia salvage)Etymology 1
From (etyl) salver, from .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(salvag)citation, page= , passage=Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.}}