to pick up a bad habit

  • 1habit — 01. He is out of shape simply due to inactivity and poor eating [habits]. 02. My sister has a [habit] of playing with her hair while she is watching television. 03. An alarming number of teenagers are continuing to smoke cigarettes despite the… …

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  • 2habit — hab|it [ hæbıt ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount something that you do often or regularly, often without thinking about it: healthy eating habits a good/bad habit: Don t pick up any bad habits from your friends. be in the habit of doing something …

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  • 3pick — pick1 [ pık ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to choose someone or something from a group: Out of all the girls he could have gone out with, he picked me. pick someone/something for something: She was picked for the school play. pick someone to do… …

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  • 4pick — 1 /pIk/ verb (T) 1 CHOOSE STH to choose someone or something good or suitable from a group or range of people or things: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15. | Let me pick a few examples at random. | pick your words (=be careful …

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  • 5pick 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… …

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  • 6pick 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… …

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  • 7pick\ 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… …

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  • 8Intergalactic Thanksgiving — Infobox Film name = Intergalactic Thanksgiving director = Clive A. Smith starring = Sid Caesar Martin Lavut Catherine O Hara distributor = Warner Home Video (VHS, 1980s) released = October 1979 runtime = 23 min country = Canada language = English …

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  • 9Charles Barkley — For other people named Charles Barkley, see Charles Barkley (disambiguation). Charles Barkley Barkley with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1991 No. 34, 32, 14, 4 Power forward / Small forward …

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  • 10Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) — Infobox Buffyverse Character Spike Title=Spike First= School Hard (Buffy) Creator=Joss Whedon Name=William Status=Undead Kind=Vampire Affiliation= Initially the Scooby Gang, then later Team Angel. Powers= Besides the common powers and… …

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