pick apart

verb

picked apart; picking apart; picks apart

chiefly US

: to say all of the things that are bad or wrong about (someone or something) : to criticize (a person or thing) in a very detailed and usually unkind way

You can expect political analysts to pick apart the governor's speech.

The film's critics picked his performance apart.

Examples of pick apart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

McKee did find rookie Makai Lemon throughout the night and picked apart the secondary at times, but there is gradual improvement showing out of the unit. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026

On The Draymond Green Show, the Golden State Warriors forward picked apart Brown’s postgame answer about his former teammate Jayson Tatum. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026

Will the Patriots continue their winning streak, or will Caleb Williams and the Bears pick apart their defense? — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

That Styles let us into his now yearslong search for some semblance of understanding — knowing how his words have been picked apart before for far lesser things — shouldn’t be taken for granted. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for pick apart

• counterpart
• art
• cart
• carte
• chart
• dart
• fart
• haart
• mart
• part
• smart
• start