phrasal verbphr v informalto tidy things that someone else has left untidy 跟在〔某人〕后面收拾[整理]东西
I’m tired of picking up after you!
我烦透了总是跟在你屁股后面收拾!
Examples from the Corpus
pick up after • The total numbers of teachers fell in the early 1980s and only began to pick up after 1983.• Ten people were picked up after four hours in the water, and the eleventh after five hours.• However, love will dictate that Tony at least pick up after himself.• Bonus: Promise to do any chore, even picking up after the dog.• When Lucy went around the dressing rooms picking up after the final number, her hands shook.• A penaltyflag was thrown but picked up after the officialsdetermined the contact was incidental.• But they can not seem to pick up after their dogs.• In our next issue we will be examiningwhy some people still resist the pressure to pick up after their dogs.• I've been picking up after them all night and all morning.