Arrested
Pick up
Pick up verb - To acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in.
Both terms in one sentence
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Arrested Development is full of these, but you have to be on your toes to pick up on them.
Source: Call Back -
Death by Sex: While not killed, Ajax is arrested when he gets rough with a woman (who turns out to be an undercover cop) he's trying to pick up.
Source: Film / The Warriors - In the Firefly episode "Ariel", the blue-gloved operatives come to pick up River and Simon from the Alliance police who've arrested them.
Source: Leave No Witnesses
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