Usually means: Notice or become aware of.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. pick up_on: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pick up_on, pick up_on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pick up_on: Wiktionary
  4. pick up_on: Dictionary.com
  5. pick up_on: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pick up_on: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pick up_on: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pick up_on: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pick up_on: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (pick up on)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To adopt a practice in which others already engage.

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