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pick apart

To overcome by skilled execution.
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The quarterback picked apart the secondary defense in the first half.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'pick apart':

pick apartUsed other than as an idiom: see pick, apart.
pick apartTo review or analyse in great detail(idiomatic, transitive) To criticise (especially small details).
pick apartTo criticise (especially small details).
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