pick
/pɪk/
verb18
noun18
forms
pick'd · picked · pickt · picking · picketh · picks · pickest
Phrases with pick
- pick upTo lift; to grasp and raise.
- bone to pickA disagreeable matter to settle with somebody.
- captain's picka person selected for a team by the team's captain
- cherry-pickTo pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.
- have a bone to pickTo have a complaint or grievance (with somebody); to have a contentious issue to discuss.
- nose-pickA stall trick performed on a ramp, quarter-pipe or similar structure, in which the skater lands on the front truck and nose of the board against the coping (edge).
- pick a fightTo deliberately provoke someone into fighting.
- pick apartTo review or analyse in great detail
- pick atTo touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers.
- pick away atTo continually or inexorably harm someone; to continue to do harm; to needle over time; to weaken someone over time.
- pick cornersTo choose a preference (as in predicting which boxer will win a match).
- pick holesTo find weaknesses, errors or imperfections (in).
- pick it upTo hurry up, pick up the pace.
- pick of the litterThe best person or item in a group; the best that one has to offer.
- pick offTo remove by picking.
- pick onTo bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass.
- pick on someone your own sizeAn admonition of cowardice, usually said to make someone cease harassing or bullying someone else, especially where the bullied party is physically smaller or weaker than the bully.
- pick one's battlesTo involve oneself in disputes only if one is likely to win.
- pick someone's brainTo seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone.
- pick one's noseTo insert a finger or other object into one's nostril to remove obstructions, especially dried mucus.