pick up garbage

Frequency: 7.410.5 per million words

to collect garbage, often from the ground

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Examples (10)

  • Volunteers picked up bags of garbage along the riverbank.
  • Please pick up the garbage before the guests arrive.
  • The city workers are picking up the holiday garbage this morning.
  • We picked up all the garbage we could find.
  • Who will pick up the garbage after the festival?
  • She refuses to pick up other people’s garbage.
  • By noon, the crew had picked up most of the garbage.
  • If you pick up your garbage, the park stays clean for everyone.
  • The garbage was picked up on schedule despite the rain.
  • Don’t litter—pick up your garbage and take it with you.