pick up what someone is putting down

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tounderstand,pay attentionto, orlearnfrom what someone says or does.2004November 2, Melanie McFarland, “TV anchors keep to their word”, inSeattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved24 May 2014:Moran,picking up what Jennings is putting down, agrees.2008,Joseph C. Phillips,He Talk Like a White Boy,→ISBN,page278,→ISBN:If we are serious about putting the party of Lincoln back on track, we had better begin topick up what black folk are putting down.2011July 6, J. Maureen Henderson, “Lessons From The World's Best Coworker”, inForbes, retrieved24 May 2014:I will tell you about these things . . . because I like you and I think you’d be interested inpicking up what I’m putting down.

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