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move ahead, increase, Colloq make a comeback: Business usually
picks up before Christmas. g accelerate, speed up: The pace
picked up as they approached the finish line. h arrest,
apprehend, take into custody, Colloq pinch, collar, nab, bust,
run in, pull in, Brit nick: Two men were picked up trying to
break into the bank. i call for, give a lift or ride to,
collect, go for or US also after, go to get: I'll pick you up
at the railway station at noon. j meet, introduce oneself to,
strike up an acquaintance with, accost, make advances to: I
think she picked him up in a wine bar. k catch, come down with,
contract, get: He picked up a mystery virus in the Tropics.
--n. 9 selection, choice, option, preference: She could have
had the pick of any man in the place. Take your pick. 10
choicest, best, crŠme de la crŠme, cream: The early shoppers
had already taken the pick of the crop.
picket n. 1 stake, pale, post, peg, stanchion, upright, vertical,
palisade, paling: The walls of the fort were of strong pickets
tapered to a point at the top. 2 demonstrator, protester,
striker: The police prevented the pickets from attacking
workers who entered the factory. 3 picquet, sentinel, watchman,
guard, observer, patrol, vedette or vidette or vedette boat:
The picket reported no unusual activity.
--v. 4 enclose, shut in, wall in, fence (in), hem in, box in:
We picketed the camp for the night. 5 protest, demonstrate,
blockade: Strikers picketed the factory 24 hours a day.
picnic n. 1 garden party, fˆte champˆtre, meal alfresco, barbecue, US
clam-bake, US and Canadian cookout: The clouds had gone, and it
was a great day for a picnic. 2 child's play, Colloq pushover,
snap, cinch, piece of cake, walk-over, US and Canadian breeze,
lead-pipe cinch: Sailing home with a quartering wind - it was a
picnic all the way. 3 no picnic. difficult, arduous, torture,
torturous, agony, agonizing, painful, disagreeable,
discomfiting, misfortune, Colloq tough, tough luck, tough going,
rough, a pain in the neck, US tough sledding, Taboo slang pain
in the Brit arse or US ass: Being marooned on a desert island
for a month was no picnic, I assure you.
pictorial adj. 1 graphic, picturesque, vivid, telling, striking,
expressive, plain, explicit, clear, lucid: Many of the poet's