pick holes in
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“Have it pick holes in the strategy you currently have,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
Grant: If you’re going to pick holes in the finale, let me ask you this: Did you think the bridge was high enough?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2021
If given the opportunity, they will surely try to pick holes in Holmes’s testimony.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2019
The 46-year-old pleaded not guilty to the charges and his lawyers sought to pick holes in the evidence during the trial.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2017
You can tell me which legend you disliked least; you can criticise my hero's conduct, and find fault with my heroine's manners; you can object to my plot, pick holes in my style.
From Audrey Craven by May Sinclair
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