Know
Pick up
Pick up verb - To acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in.
Usage example: he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks
Both terms in one sentence
- The writers seem to have this, knowing an awful lot of behind the scenes details and the obscure references in the show that most people wouldn't know or pick up on.
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If you know who Cab Calloway is, then you'll pick up on Oogie Boogie's similarities to him.
Source: Comic Book Fantasy Casting -
He doesn't know his strength, he might not know all those fancy martial arts skills they inevitably seem to pick up.
Source: Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting
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