pick up something
— phrasal verb with pick us/pɪk/verb [ T ]
(OBTAIN)
to obtain or receive something:
While you’re in town, would you pick up a book for me?
Can you pick up the Yankees game up here (= receive broadcasts of it)?
She picked up her soccer skills from her older brother (= learned them informally).
Gwen picked up a cold on her trip (= started to suffer from it).