Make
Pick up
Pick up verb - To acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in.
Both terms in one sentence
- In Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Mike McShane did apparently make a significant effort to pick up an authentic Nottinghamshire accent, but was told to play an Irish-accented priest instead.
- He is manically depressed, Surrounded by Idiots, and his "brain the size of a planet" is ignored by the whole cast, who instead make him open doors and pick up papers.
Source: Jerkass Woobie / Literature - The idea behind this is "the best lies contain elements of the truth," and spies will often have cover names similar or identical to their real names so as to make it easier to pick up the cover.
Source: Seamless Spontaneous Lie
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