Pick up
Pick up verb - To acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in.
Saw
Saw verb - Cut with a saw.
Both terms in one sentence
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A Jerkass at a bar who failed to pick up Summer saw her with Tom and lashes on him/them with this trope.Jerkass guy: I can't believe this is your boyfriend!
Source: Film / (500) Days of Summer -
The only time I saw him fail to pick up a woman was when he tried to hit on a bride AT HER WEDDING!!
Source: The Pornomancer -
Hannelore of Questionable Content is extremely neurotic and inadvertently creepy, so when we saw her pick up a big scary knife, it was a relief when she used it to cut up a watermelon.
Source: Stab the Salad
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Saw and Pick up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick_up/saw
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Saw or Pick up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick_up/saw.
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