to pick up; to gather

bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location

to repair a leaky roof

(slang) to target an intoxicated person for sexual assault

all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)