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[pick on]{v.} 1. {informal} To make a habit of annoying or bothering (someone); do or say bad things to (someone). •/Other boys picked on him until he decided to fight them./ Syn.: PICK AT(3). 2. To single out; choose; select. •/He visited a lot of colleges, and finally picked on Stanford./

[pick one’s teeth]{v. phr.} To clean one’s teeth with a toothpick. •/It is considered poor manners to pick one’s teeth in public./

[pick one’s way]{v. phr.} To go ahead carefully in difficult or unfamiliar places; advance with care. •/After nightfall we drove slowly along, picking our way until we found the right turn./ •/He picked his way across the rough and rocky hillside./

[pick out]{v.} 1. To choose. •/It took Mary a long time to pick out a dress at the store./ 2. To see among others; recognize; tell from others. •/We could pick out different places in the city from the airplane./ •/We could not pick Bob out in the big crowd./ Syn.: MAKE OUT(2). 3. To find by examining or trying; tell the meaning. •/The box was so dirty we couldn’t pick out the directions on the label./ Compare: FIND OUT.

[pick over]{v.} To select the best of; look at and take what is good from; choose from. •/She picked the apples over and threw out the bad ones./ •/We hurried to the big sale, but we were late and everything had already been picked over./

[pick the brains of]{v. phr.} To get ideas or information about a particular subject by asking an expert. •/If you have time, I’d like to pick your brains about home computers./

[pick to pieces] See: PICK APART, PICK HOLES IN.

[pickup]{n.}, (stress on "pick") 1. A rugged, small truck. •/When he got into the lumber business, Max traded in his comfortable two-door sedan for a pickup./ 2. Scheduled meeting in order to transfer merchandise or stolen goods. •/The pickup goes down at 7 A.M. every day by the loading dock./ •/The dope pushers usually make their pickup on Rush Street./ 3. A person who is easy to persuade to go home with the suitor. •/Sue is said to be an easy pickup./