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pick someone/thing to pieces (or apart) — criticize someone or something severely. → pick … English new terms dictionary
pick someone/thing out — distinguish or select someone or something from a group. → pick … English new terms dictionary
pick someone/thing off — shoot a member of a group from a distance. → pick … English new terms dictionary
pick — pick1 verb 1》 take hold of and remove (a flower or fruit) from where it is growing. ↘(often pick someone/thing up) take hold of and lift or move. ↘(pick up) Golf take hold of and lift up one s ball, especially when conceding a hole. 2》… … English new terms dictionary
pick — Ⅰ. pick [1] ► VERB 1) (often pick up) take hold of and move. 2) remove (a flower or fruit) from where it is growing. 3) choose from a number of alternatives. 4) remove unwanted matter from (one s nose or teeth) with a finger or a pointed… … English terms dictionary
pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pick — pick1 [ pık ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to choose someone or something from a group: Out of all the girls he could have gone out with, he picked me. pick someone/something for something: She was picked for the school play. pick someone to do… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pick — 1 /pIk/ verb (T) 1 CHOOSE STH to choose someone or something good or suitable from a group or range of people or things: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15. | Let me pick a few examples at random. | pick your words (=be careful … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pick — [[t]pɪ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ picks, picking, picked 1) VERB If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one. [V n] Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in London... [V n] I had deliberately picked a city with a… … English dictionary
pick — pick1 pickable, adj. /pik/, v.t. 1. to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience. 2. to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight. 3. to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument. 4. to… … Universalium
