नहीं उठाता

doesn't pick up

→ नहीं

phrase Uncommon #3,112

doesn't pick up The meaning of उठाना changes with the object: for example, हाथ उठाना means “raise a hand,” सवाल उठाना means “raise a question,” and फोन उठाना means “answer the phone.”

HI: वह फोन नहीं उठाता।

EN: He doesn't pick up the phone.

मैं तो कभी हाथ नहीं उठाता।

I never hit anyone.

— Axone (2019)

यह ओंगोराग कभी फोन नहीं उठाता!

This Ongorang never picks up the phone!

— Axone (2019)

फ़ोन नहीं उठाता अपनी बेटी का वो।

He doesn’t answer his daughter’s calls.

— Dunki (2023)

फोन नहीं उठाता।

He doesn’t answer the phone.

— Axone (2019)