Phrasal Verb: Pick Up
to lift or collect
Examples
- I'll pick you up at 8.
Key rules
- Pick up means lift something or collect someone
- It is separable: pick up the bag or pick the bag up
- With a pronoun, the pronoun goes in the middle: pick it up
- It can also mean learn something casually: pick up a language
Common mistakes
- Pick up you at eight → I'll pick you up at eight
- Pick up the bag it → Pick it up
💡 Tip: Pick up is common for collecting people in everyday speech.