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pick to pieces

see pick apart.

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RELATED WORDS

niggle, bicker, wrangle, hassle, prevaricate, fence, avoid, flip-flop, spar, dispute, cavil, squabble, nitpick, carp, waffle, criticize, shift, pretend, evade, equivocate

Nearby words

  1. pick on,
  2. pick one's way,
  3. pick out,
  4. pick over,
  5. pick someone's brain,
  6. pick up,
  7. pick up on,
  8. pick up the pieces,
  9. pick's atrophy,
  10. pick-and-roll
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