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101pick a fight with someone — pick a fight/quarrel/with someone phrase to start a fight or argument with someone He seemed determined to pick a fight with everyone at work that day. Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym …
102pick a quarrel with someone — pick a fight/quarrel/with someone phrase to start a fight or argument with someone He seemed determined to pick a fight with everyone at work that day. Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym …
103pick and choose (something) — phrase to have the chance to choose the things that you prefer, rather than simply accepting what someone gives you We cannot pick and choose which laws to obey. Thesaurus: to choose someone or somethingsynonym to choose a personhyponym… …
104pick through — ˈpick ˌthrough [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pick through he/she/it picks through present participle picking through past tense …
105pick|axe — pick|ax or pick|axe «PIHK AKS», noun, verb, axed, axing. –n. a tool with a heavy metal bar, pointed at one or both ends, attached through the center to a wooden handle; pick. It is used for breaking and prying up earth, rocks, and other compacted …
106pick|ax — or pick|axe «PIHK AKS», noun, verb, axed, axing. –n. a tool with a heavy metal bar, pointed at one or both ends, attached through the center to a wooden handle; pick. It is used for breaking and prying up earth, rocks, and other compacted or… …
107pick|er — pick|er1 «PIHK uhr», noun. 1. a person who gathers, picks, or collects: »an apple picker, a ragpicker. 2. a tool or machine for picking anything: »Mr. Alleman showed…the corn picker with which he can pick twenty acres of corn in a ten hour day… …
108pick|y — «PIHK ee», adjective, pick|i|er, pick|i|est. U.S. Informal. 1. choosy; particular: »People are very picky this year in buying new cars …
109pick up speed — (or steam) (of a vehicle) go faster; accelerate * * * pick up ˈspeed idiom to go faster • The train began to pick up speed. Main entry: ↑pickidiom …
110pick a fight/quarrel — to deliberately start a fight with someone Never pick a fight you can t win. She sometimes picked fights with other girls at school. • • • Main Entry: ↑pick …
