(informal) For an auctioneer to acknowledge non-existent bids, so as to fraudulently drive up the price for the actual competing bidders.

(Mainland China, law) A collection of vague criminal offences, mainly concerning undermining public order by creating a disturbance in a public place.

Alternative form of picking quarrels and provoking trouble

(colloquial, idiomatic) An admonition of cowardice, usually said to make someone cease harassing or bullying someone else, especially where the bullied party is physically smaller or weaker than the bully.

(US, dialectal) Synonym of out of one's mind.

Alternative form of picking quarrels and provoking trouble

(figuratively)

Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down

(idiomatic) To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does.

present participle of pick up what someone is putting down