Idioms · Proverb Hunter

Pick up where one left off

to start again after an interruption.It was getting late so we decided to stop work and pick up where we left off the next day.

To pay the bill for someone else.I picked up the tab for the dinner at the restaurant.

To pay the bill for someone else.I picked up the check at the restaurant.

to increase the speed of something.The car picked up speed as it began to go down the hill.

To collect or gather something.We picked up some beautiful seashells on the beach.

To take something that has fallen on the floor or ground and put it somewhere else."Could you please pick up my pen from the floor."

to learn something without formal study.I picked up a lot of French when I lived in France for a year.

to get or receive or claim or buy something.I picked up my dry cleaning after I finished work yesterday.

to take on passengers in a bus or car or train etc.. The bus picked up my mother at six o`clock in the morning.

to take someone to the police station, to arrest someone.The police picked up the man for drinking and driving.