Lower
Lower verb - To cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally.
Usage example: workmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place
Pick up
Pick up verb - To move from a lower to a higher place or position.
Usage example: pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa
Both terms in one sentence
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Now one for every 15 levels—you pick one of three, and cannot backtrack to pick up a second one from a lower tier.
Source: Tech Tree - A fighter is ordered to fly lower so its equipment can pick up the giant octopus.
Source: Acrophobic Bird -
To move a column in Gyromite, you have to get it to pick up a gyro, place it in the spinner, and then lower the spinning gyro onto a lever to push a button on the second controller.
Source: Rube Goldberg Device
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