noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pick-up game
pick-up truck
pick-up/fork-lift/delivery etc truck (= large vehicles used for particular purposes )
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His car was taken away on the back of a breakdown truck.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
truck
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Now farmers pledge their daughters instead-in exchange for houses or pick-up trucks .
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As we drive by, a tiny pick-up truck approaches with two more.
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Personally, I drive a pick-up truck .
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Their pick-up truck was parked at the other side of the yard.
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Her killers escaped in a pick-up truck stolen from the farm.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a pick-up in textbook sales
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a shuttle-bus pick-up
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Dad's old pick-up was parked outside.
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Garbage pick-ups are on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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My old car had excellent pick-up .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sports car, a pick-up , a retro car?
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I am not a bar pick-up kind of person, and I usually find the whole scene pretty cheesy.
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Malls could be used more as a pick-up point for merchandise after orders are made online.
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Over the radio comes the call for a pick-up in the next street over.
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The Waterbase brush has a special mix of synthetic filaments designed for optimum paint pick-up .