pick apart
phrasal 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.
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And while the jabs systematically pick apart our intellectual defenses, the haymakers of gray goo erupting from MAGA mouthpieces are boring into our heads and leaving us woozy.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Jameis Winston, another veteran signal caller, is also on the depth chart, which gives Dart multiple brains to pick apart in the quarterbacks room.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Then there is the fact that Sancho’s skill set, at least in theory, should lend itself more to picking apart deeper-lying defences than racing in endless transition, as he was asked to do at United.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
If the Chiefs offensive line is able to give Mahomes some time, then the eighth-year quarterback could be able to pick apart that talented secondary.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Jameis Winston, another veteran signal caller, is also on the depth chart, which gives Dart multiple brains to pick apart in the quarterbacks room.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Then there is the fact that Sancho’s skill set, at least in theory, should lend itself more to picking apart deeper-lying defences than racing in endless transition, as he was asked to do at United.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
If the Chiefs offensive line is able to give Mahomes some time, then the eighth-year quarterback could be able to pick apart that talented secondary.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pick apart
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“Pick apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20apart. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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