“Pick up”: phrasal verb meaning.
- Pick up
- Go and get something or someone from a place. “Pick up” a child from school is when a parent comes to the school in the car, gets his/her child and then they go home together.
Other examples of “pick up” phrasal verb in a sentence
- What time do you want me to pick you up from the airport?
- It’s your turn to pick her up from school.
- Did you pick up the parcel from the post office?
“Pick up”: use in context explanation
It’s Richard’s turn to pick up his son from nursery school. He comes to the school and greets the school teacher. The teacher wants to say something when the kid starts being naughty and shooting at the teacher with the water gun. The man is embarrassed and shocked by his son’s behaviour.
