Double
Pick up
Pick up verb - To gradually increase in.
Usage example: the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat
Both terms in one sentence
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The Rooster Teeth logo is a visual double entendre that you only pick up when your humor is in the gutter.
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Word puns are often pointed out to the viewer, since a deaf person, having never heard the sounds of the words, might not otherwise pick up on double meanings.
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On some maps, these could pick up spells and also double as the only fully-controllable offensive units (Netstorm was one of the earliest instances of a "tower versus tower" style of gameplay).
Source: Worker Unit
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Pick up and Double. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/double/pick_up
Double & Pick up. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/double/pick_up>.
Pick up or Double. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/double/pick_up.
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