Catch and Pick up

Catch

Catch verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.
Usage example: I looked out the window just in time to catch the neighbor's dog digging up my flower bed

Pick up is a synonym for catch. In some cases you can use "Pick up" instead the word "Catch" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: catchy, catching, catcher

Pick up

Pick up verb - To take or keep under one's control by authority of law.
Usage example: police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food

Catch is a synonym for pick up. You can use "Catch" instead the word "Pick up" as a verb or a noun.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Video Game / Shin Megami Tensei IV It's quite logical for a creature to pick up things that catch their eye despite not knowing how to use them, like how birds pick up shiny things.
  • Hostile Hitchhiker He says that just to make a point he'll pick up a random hitchhiker to catch him on the first trust fall of the trip.
  • Series / The Adventures of Pete & Pete And this is [something associated with it]." Mike Maronna apparently didn't pick up on this; he once autographed a photo with "if I had a catch-phrase I'd write it here." Wayne: "Super genius!
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