Collar
Picked up
Picked up adjective - Being clean and in good order.
Both terms in one sentence
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Alice picked up on this habit, and will now cover her face with her sleeve/collar/beer/whatever's handy, even when posing with fans. Hello!
Source: Music / Crystal Castles -
Viewers picked up on a lot of subtext, however; O'Connor based many of Archie's speech patterns and mannerisms on blue-collar Irish-Americans he had known growing up, while Reiner made no attempt whatsoever to sound like a Polish-American from Chicago.
Source: Series / All in the Family -
In particular to the last point, you could make a lengthy list of all the episodes where the first suspect they collar is a Red Herring and is completely innocent despite the evidence of their guilt, but they have not picked up on this nor have they learned from it.
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