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picked up what someone was putting down

picked up what someone was putting down is the simple past and past participle of pick up what someone is putting down.

Meaning of pick up what someone is putting down

Verb

pick up what someone is putting down (third-person singular simple present picks up what someone is putting down, present participle picking up what someone is putting down, simple past and past participle picked up what someone was putting down)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does.
    • Moran, picking up what Jennings is putting down, agrees.2004 November 2, Melanie McFarland, “TV anchors keep to their word”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 24 May 2014

Questions about picked up what someone was putting down

What is picked up what someone was putting down the simple past and past participle of?
Picked up what someone was putting down is the simple past and past participle of pick up what someone is putting down.

Words near picked up what someone was putting down in the dictionary

  1. picked up the slack
  2. picked up the tab
  3. picked up the threads
  4. picked up the threads of
  5. picked up what someone was laying down
  6. picked up what someone was putting down
  7. pickedevant
  8. pickedevants
  9. pickedness
  10. pickee
  11. pickeer

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