Phrasal verbs starting with "pick"

To analyse or criticise something in very close detail, finding every flaw.

To eat food in very small amounts without appetite; to repeatedly touch, scratch, or pull at something.

To work at something slowly and persistently, gradually reducing or making progress, or to find fault in something continually.

An informal command or encouragement to go faster, work harder, or increase energy and pace.

To shoot or eliminate targets individually with precision; to remove something by picking.

To repeatedly treat someone in an unkind or unfair way; to bully or persistently target someone.

To choose or select something from a group, or to identify or notice something among others.

To examine a collection of things carefully, selecting the best items or looking for something specific.

To search carefully through a collection of things, especially one that is disordered or mixed, to find something specific.

To lift something from the ground, collect someone or something, learn informally, or improve.

To notice or become aware of something subtle, such as a clue, a feeling, or a social signal.