pick on

British  

verb

1. (tr, preposition) to select (someone) for something unpleasant, esp in order to bully, blame, or cause to perform a distasteful task

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pick on Idioms  

1. Tease, bully, victimize, as in She told Mom the boys were always picking on her. [Second half of 1800s] This expression is sometimes put as pick on someone your own size, meaning “don't badger someone who is younger, smaller, or weaker than yourself but do so only to an equal.”

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Example Sentences

Let’s not pick on Oracle, though.

From Barron's

Let’s not pick on Oracle, though.

From Barron's

See more: Broadcom’s stock is a ‘top pick’ on Wall Street ahead of its earnings report.

From MarketWatch

Barron’s named Netflix as a stock pick on May 15, arguing that the streamer ought to be resilient to any disruption caused by sweeping U.S. tariffs and should benefit from its flywheel model—where more subscribers means more money to spend on content, which in turn attracts even more users.

From Barron's

A Wedbush Securities analyst named the stock as a top pick on Thursday.

From Barron's

Related Words

• badger
• bully
• get at
• tease
• torment