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31pick — I [[t]pɪk[/t]] v. t. 1) to choose or select, esp. with care 2) to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight[/ex] 3) to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument[/ex] 4) to steal the contents of: to pick a pocket[/ex] 5)… …
32pick — 1. verb 1) picking apples Syn: harvest, gather (in), collect, pluck 2) pick a time that suits you Syn: choose, select, single out, opt for, plump for, elect, decide on …
33pick — 1. verb 1) I got a job picking apples Syn: harvest, gather (in), collect, pluck; literary cull 2) pick the time that suits you best Syn: choose, select, pick out, single out, take, opt for, elect …
34pick a quarrel — {v. phr.} To seek the opportunity for a fight or a quarrel. * /When Charlie has too much to drink, he has a tendency to pick a quarrel with whomever happens to be around./ See: PICK A FIGHT …
35pick a quarrel — {v. phr.} To seek the opportunity for a fight or a quarrel. * /When Charlie has too much to drink, he has a tendency to pick a quarrel with whomever happens to be around./ See: PICK A FIGHT …
36pick\ a\ quarrel — v. phr. To seek the opportunity for a fight or a quarrel. When Charlie has too much to drink, he has a tendency to pick a quarrel with whomever happens to be around. See: pick a fight …
37pick — pick1 [pik] vt. [ME pykken, var. of picchen, to PITCH2] Weaving to throw (a shuttle) n. 1. one passage or throw of the shuttle of a loom 2. one of the weft threads, or filling yarns pick2 [pik] n. [ …
38PICK, ḤAYYIM HERMANN — (1879–1952), Assyriologist and Mizrachi leader. Born in Schildberg, Poland, Pick was a pupil of F. Delitzsch at the University of Berlin. His doctoral dissertation was entitled Talmudische Glossen zu Delitzschs assyrischen Handwoerterbuch (1903) …
39pick/take up the gauntlet — to show that you are willing and ready to fight, argue, or compete with someone or to do something that is difficult but necessary : to accept or respond to a challenge The time has come for Congress to pick up the gauntlet and do something abou …
40pick up the gauntlet — pick/take up the gauntlet throw down the gauntlet to invite someone to argue, fight, or compete with you. He challenged me to a game of squash last week and I m thinking I might just take up the gauntlet …
