pick

pick apart
Overcome by skilled execution

pick at

to pull or touch something several times

eat unwillingly

pick off

shoot one by one

dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents.

remove by picking

pick on

Ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour

Distinguish

Select (a person) for a task, etc.

Bully, harass or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass

pick through
Search something that is disordered for something.

pick up

Learn, to grasp; to begin to understand

Restart or resume

Receive (a radio signal or the like)

Improve, increase or speed up

Notice, detect or discern, often used with “on”

Collect and detain (a suspect)

Point out (a person’s behaviour, habits or actions) in a critical manner

Collect a passenger

Meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation

Clean up; to return to an organized state

Answer a telephone

Collect an object, especially in passing

Pay for

Lift; to grasp and raise

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