to get better, stronger, etc.; to improve
Example:
- Trade usually picks up in the spring.
- The wind is picking up now.
- Sales have picked up 14 per cent this year.
Related words and phrases
to start again; to continue
Example:
- Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.
to put things away and make things neat, especially for somebody else
Example:
- All I seem to do is cook, wash and pick up after the kids.