pick up what someone is putting down
To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or doesTo understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does.
» Tom picked up the TV remote and turned down the volume.
Tom nahm die Fernbedienung und stellte den Fernseher leiser.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, informal)To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does.
Examples
7 sentencesTom picked up the TV remote and turned down the volume.
deTom nahm die Fernbedienung und stellte den Fernseher leiser. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom picked up the cup and turned it upside down.
She picked up the pen and wrote down the address.
deSie nahm den Kuli und schrieb die Adresse auf. — MUIRIEL
Long ago God picked certain humans to write down his thoughts.
Are you picking up what I'm putting down?
Forms
picks up what someone is putting down, picking up what someone is putting down, picked up what someone was putting down, picked up what someone was putting down| Base form | pick up what someone is putting down · to pick up what someone is putting down |
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| 3rd person singular | picks up what someone is putting down |
| Present participle | picking up what someone is putting down |
| Past simple | picked up what someone was putting down |
| Past participle | picked up what someone was putting down |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | pick up what someone is putting down |
| he, she, it | picks up what someone is putting down |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | picked up what someone was putting down |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have picked up what someone was putting down |
| he, she, it | has picked up what someone was putting down |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will pick up what someone is putting down |
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb