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picking it up

picking it up is the present participle and gerund of pick it up.

Meaning of pick it up

Verb

pick it up (third-person singular simple present picks it up, present participle picking it up, simple past and past participle picked it up)

  1. To hurry up, pick up the pace.

Questions about picking it up

What is picking it up the present participle and gerund of?
Picking it up is the present participle and gerund of pick it up.

Words near picking it up in the dictionary

  1. picking fights
  2. picking flowers
  3. picking from a hat
  4. picking gooseberry
  5. picking holes
  6. picking it up
  7. picking oakum
  8. picking off
  9. picking on
  10. picking one's battles
  11. picking one's nose

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