pick someone or something apart
- pick someone or something apart
pick someone or something apart†
1. Lit. to pick at and pull someone or something to pieces. •
The vultures attacked the hunger-weakened man and tried to pick him apart.
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They tried to pick apart the body.
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Harry picked his piece of cake apart, looking to get all the nuts out.
2. Fig. to analyze and criticize someone or something negatively. •
You didn't review her performance; you just picked her apart.
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The critics picked apart the performers.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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