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Are there words missing? Could it be "obsessive showing up on time", for instance? Or "showing up late"? In any case, "pick up ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanishconjugation Frenchconjugation Italianconjugation Englishconjugation Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. pickupthehabit Threadstarter ddubug Startdate Jun6,2009 D ddubug SeniorMember Korean Hi, OfcourseIknowthemeaningof'pickupthehabit'fromdic.It'sgettingsomethingasbadhabit...right? ButIcan'tgetitrightinthissentence. Myobsessiveshowinguphasbecomeajokeamongmychildren. =Mychildrenjokedmeformycontinousshowingup Still,Inoticethey'vepickedupthehabit. =Now,theyjokemuchmore? Andfrankly,that'swhathappenedtome =?(Whatis'that'here....beingjoked?) Helpme.   M manon33 SeniorMember English-England(Yorkshire) ddubugsaid: Hi, OfcourseIknowthemeaningof'pickupthehabit'fromdic.It'sgettingsomethingasbadhabit...right? ButIcan'tgetitrightinthissentence. Myobsessiveshowinguphasbecomeajokeamongmychildren. =Mychildrenjokedmeformycontinousshowingup Still,Inoticethey'vepickedupthehabit. =Now,theyjokemuchmore? Andfrankly,that'swhathappenedtome =?(Whatis'that'here....beingjoked?) Helpme. Clicktoexpand... Thewholethingmakeslittlesenseoutofcontext.Doesitactuallysay'showingup'or'showingoff'? 'showingup'=turningup/arriving-perhapsuninvited?-butIdon'tseehowthatisahabithischildrenwouldalso'pickup'.Morecontext?   Nunty SeniorMember Jerusalem Hebrew-USEnglish(bilingual) Aretherewordsmissing?Coulditbe"obsessiveshowingupontime",forinstance?Or"showinguplate"? Inanycase,"pickupthehabit"meanstostartdoingsomethinghabitually.Inthiscase,thechildrenhavestarted"showingup"habitually,eventhoughithadbeensomethingofjokewhentheirparentdidit.   AshrafulHaque SeniorMember Bengali Isitcorrecttosay"Whohaveyoupickedupthehabitofchewinggumsallthetime."   B Barque Banned Tamil No.Whatdoyoumeanbythatquestion?   suzibr SeniorMember Cheshire English/England AshrafulHaquesaid: Isitcorrecttosay"Whohaveyoupickedupthehabitofchewinggumsallthetime." Clicktoexpand... No.Thissentenceisincoherent.   AshrafulHaque SeniorMember Bengali Barquesaid: No.Whatdoyoumeanbythatquestion? Clicktoexpand... suzibrsaid: No.Thissentenceisincoherent. Clicktoexpand... IfI'mnotmistakenwepickuphabitsfromothers.AfriendofminekeepschewinggumsallthetimeandIsaid"Fromwhomhaveyoupickedupthehabitofchewinggumsallthetime."   B Barque Banned Tamil AshrafulHaquesaid: andIsaid"Fromwhomhaveyoupickedupthehabitofchewinggumsallthetime." Clicktoexpand... Thisisadifferently,andmuchbetter,wordedsentence. Fromwho/whomhaveyoupickedupthishabitofchewinggumallthetime? Whohaveyoupickedupthishabitofchewinggumallthetimefrom? Notethatyouchewgum,notgums. Ilikechewinggum:ThiscouldmeaneitherIlikethethingcalled"chewinggum"orIliketoputguminmymouthandchewit."Chewing"isanadjectiveandapartofthenameofthethinginthefirstmeaningandaverbinthesecond.Inmyrephrasingofyoursentence,I'veuseditasaverb.   Lastedited:Jun9,2020 Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top