Win vs Pick_up - What's the difference?
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To conquer, defeat.
*1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book IV:
*:For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one kny?t at ones / and therfore yf ye wille fyghte soo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille assigne / And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady shal haue her landes ageyne / ye say wel sayd sir Vwayne / therfor make yow redy so that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght
*1998 , Rhapsody, Emerald Sword
*:For the glory, the power to win the Black Lord, I will search for the Emerald Sword.
(label) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
(label) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
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(label) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:She is a woman; therefore to be won .
(label) To achieve victory.
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(label) To obtain (something desired).
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(label) To cause a victory for someone.
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To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:Even in the porch he him did win .
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:And when the stony path began, / By which the naked peak they won , / Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
:(Raymond)
gain; profit; income
wealth; owndom; goods
an individual victory (opposite of a loss)
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(slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail)
(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.
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Win is a related term of pick_up.
As nouns the difference between win and pick_up
is that win is pleasure; joy; delight or win can be gain; profit; income while pick_up is .As verbs the difference between win and pick_up
is that win is to conquer, defeat while pick_up is (lb) to lift; to grasp and raise.win
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Cognate with (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m).Verb
Derived terms
* play to win * win friends * win upEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
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Derived terms
* winning * winnings * winner * for the win * you win * win back * win through * win round * win out * win over * win-win English irregular verbs English three-letter words 1000 English basic words ----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.}}
