we picked it up at a flea market : FIND, discover, come across, stumble across, happen on, chance on; acquire, obtain, come by, get, procure; purchase, buy; informal get hold of, get/lay one's hands on, get one's mitts on, bag, land.
he picked up the story in the 1950s : RESUME, take up, start again, recommence, continue, carry on with, go on with.
she picked up a virus : CATCH, contract, get, go/come down with.
he told us the bits of gossip he'd picked up : HEAR, hear tell, get wind of, be told, learn; glean, garner.
we're picking up a distress signal : RECEIVE, detect, get, hear.
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