pick up on (English, verb)
expansion: pick up on (third-person singular simple present picks up on, present participle picking up on, simple past and past participle picked up on)
Senses:
glosses: To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To adopt a practice in which others already engage.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: picks up on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: picking up on
tags: participle
present
form: picked up on
tags: participle
past
form: picked up on
tags: past