Phrasal verb PICK
PICK OUT – to choose sb/sth carefully from a group of people or things; SYN select
PICK UP – to get better, stronger
PICK ON – to treat somebody unfairly by blaming, criticizing or punishing them.
PICK OFF – to aim carefully at a person, an animal or an aircraft, especially one of a group, and then shoot them
PICK UP ON – to return to a point that has already been mentioned or discussed
PICK OUT – to play a tune on a musical instrument slowly without using written music
PICK AT – to eat food slowly, taking small amounts or bites because you are not hungry (to be picky)
PICK UP – to collect somebody who is waiting for you
PICK OFF – to remove sth from sth such as a tree, a plant, etc.
PICK OUT – to recognize sb/sth among other people or things
PICK OVER – to examine a group of things carefully, especially to choose the ones you want
PICK UP – to take hold of sb/sth and lift them / it up
PICK AT – to pull or touch sth several times
PICK THROUGH – to examine a group of things carefully, especially to choose the ones you want
PICK UP – to get information or a skill by chance rather than by making a deliberate effort; to learn
PICK UP:
(informal, often disapproving) to start talking to sb you do not know because you want to have a sexual relationship with them
to answer a phone
to receive an electronic signal, sound or picture
to get an illness
to arrest somebody
to notice sth that is not easy to notice, such as a slight smell or a sign of something
(informal) to start again; to continue.
Phrasal verb SET
SET BACK – to delay the progress of sth/sb by a particular time
SET OFF – to make a bomb explode
SET OUT – to arrange or display things
SET UP – to build
SET ASIDE – to ignore sth such as your feelings or opinions, because other things are important
SET UP – to start a process or series of events SYN SET OFF
SET ASIDE – to save or keep sth for a particular purpose SYN PUT ASIDE
SET OFF – to begin a journey SYN SET OUT
SET APART – to make sb different from or better than others
SET OUT – to leave a place and begin a journey SYN SET OFF
SET ON – to make a person or animal to attack sb suddenly
SET ASIDE – to reject a previous decision made by a court
SET OUT – to begin a job, task with a particular aim
SET OFF – to start a process or series of events SYN SET UP
SET ABOUT – to start doing
SET IN – to begin and seen likely to continue
SET UP – to create sth, to start it e.g. one‘s business
SET OUT – to present ideas, facts, etc. In an organized way, in speech or writing
SET DOWN – to give sth as a rule, principle