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| English | Russian |
| pick up | растиражировать (I think the fake news was picked up by other Web sites as if it were real.  reverso.net) |
| pick up the pieces | собраться с силами (to do what you can to get a situation back to normal again after something bad has happened: The fire was a blow, but we were determined to pick up the pieces and get the business back on its feet. • After her business went bankrupt, she picked up the pieces and started again. Franka_LV) |