- pick apart
- or[pick to pieces] {v. phr.} To criticize harshly; find things wrong with; find fault with. * /After the dance, the girls picked Susan apart./ * /They picked the play to pieces./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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pick apart — or[pick to pieces] {v. phr.} To criticize harshly; find things wrong with; find fault with. * /After the dance, the girls picked Susan apart./ * /They picked the play to pieces./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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