Pick or pick up?
Pick means ‘remove small pieces of something from something else, usually with your hands’: Let’s go into the garden and pick some flowers for the dinner table.
Not: … pick up some flowers …
She earned money during the summer picking fruit on local farms.
Pick can also mean ‘choose’: Have a look at these photos of the walking trip. Pick the ones you want and give me back the rest.
Pick up means ‘lift something up using your hands’: I’m tired of picking up your clothes from the floor! Can’t you hang them up properly in the wardrobe?
We can also use pick up to mean ‘go to a place and bring something or someone back’: Let me know what time your flight arrives. I can pickyouup at the airport and take you to your hotel.
You will find other meanings of pick and pick up in a good learner’s dictionary.
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