| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| pick up the pace |
go a little faster, step on it
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We're walking rather slowly. Can we pick up the pace?
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| pick up the pieces |
put together again, mend
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After her husband died, she tried to pick up the pieces of her life.
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| pick up the tab |
pay the bill, pay the shot
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Who picked up the tab for the hotel rooms? Who paid?
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| pick you up |
give you a ride in a car, give you a lift (see give me a lift)
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I'll pick you up at 6:45 and we'll drive to the mall.
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| pick you up |
make you feel better, make you happy or natural high
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Here, have a cup of tea. That will pick you up.
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| pick your brains |
learn what you know, ask you questions
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Maria wants to pick your brains about Freud and Jung. She wants to ask you what you know about them.
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| pick yourself up |
do not quit, persevere, roll with the punches
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Don't let a failure stop you. Pick yourself up and try again.
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| picky |
fussy, looking for the perfect one
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Don't be so picky, Dennis. Just choose a candy and eat it.
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| picture is worth a thousand words |
(See a picture is worth a thousand words)
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| picture-perfect |
perfectly made or performed, excellent, letter-perfect
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Olga's performance on the balance beam was picture-perfect!
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