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pick on

verb

tr, preposition to select (someone) for something unpleasant, esp in order to bully, blame, or cause to perform a distasteful task

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Idioms and Phrases

Tease, bully, victimize, as in She told Mom the boys were always picking on her . [Second half of 1800s] This expression is sometimes put as pick on someone your own size , meaning “don't badger someone who is younger, smaller, or weaker than yourself but do so only to an equal.”

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The Packers delighted hometown fans by finally using a first-round pick on a receiver for the first time since 2002, selecting Texas wideout Matthew Golden, who covered 40 yards in a scorching 4.29 seconds at the scouting combine.

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After trading up to select Jared Goff with the No. 1 pick in 2016, and subsequently trading first-round picks for players such as cornerback Jalen Ramsey, the Rams went seven years without making a pick on the first day of the draft.

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Like Snead, when asked if the Rams would consider using a first-round pick on a quarterback, McVay was cagey.

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Dallas Cowboys: CB Will Johnson, Michigan — The Cowboys haven’t used their top pick on a cornerback since taking Byron Jones 27th in 2015.

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The Chargers used a third-round pick on linebacker Junior Colson last year.

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