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picking up what someone is putting down

picking up what someone is putting down is the present participle and gerund 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 picking up what someone is putting down

What is picking up what someone is putting down the present participle and gerund of?
Picking up what someone is putting down is the present participle and gerund of pick up what someone is putting down.

Words near picking up what someone is putting down in the dictionary

  1. picking up the slack
  2. picking up the tab
  3. picking up the threads
  4. picking up the threads of
  5. picking up what someone is laying down
  6. picking up what someone is putting down
  7. pickings
  8. pickininnie
  9. pickininnies
  10. pickininny
  11. pickle

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