pick up after (someone)
idiom
: to clean the mess created by (someone)
You have to pick up after yourself if you make a mess.
His mother still picks up after him.
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Finally, this is a vacuum that knows how to pick up after itself.
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Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Funding began to pick up after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and has surged since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
Fort Worth canceled trash pick up after a January 2023 ice storm brought city services to a halt.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2025
The new 10-episode season will pick up after the shocking death of adult Natalie Scatorccio, played by Juliette Lewis, in the Season 2 finale.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Funding began to pick up after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and has surged since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
—Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
Fort Worth canceled trash pick up after a January 2023 ice storm brought city services to a halt.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2025
The new 10-episode season will pick up after the shocking death of adult Natalie Scatorccio, played by Juliette Lewis, in the Season 2 finale.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Pick up after (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20up%20after%20%28someone%29. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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