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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Pick up
Somewhere in the world, a home awaited us. A place where we could care for daughters or sons who would come home from school, fill the house with joy, and never pick up after themselves.
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By Paulo Coelho
What does the phrase pick up means in the sentence above, please? No meanings that I know of the phrase seems to work in the sentence.
Thanks.
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'Pick up after' is a phrasel verb which means to tidy up or clean a place after someone else has made it dirty. An equivalent phrase is "to clean up after someone".
- 'Pick up after' is a phrasel verb which means to tidy up or clean a place after someone else has made it dirty.
- An equivalent phrase is "to clean up after someone".
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'Pick up after' is a phrasel verb which means to tidy up or clean a place after someone else has made it dirty. An equivalent phrase is "to clean up after someone".
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