pick over

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Idioms and Phrases

Sort out, examine item by item, as in Dad hates to pick over the beans one by one . This term is sometimes put as picked over , describing something that has already been selected from (as in They have almost nothing left; the stock of bathing suits has been picked over ). [First half of 1800s]

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Of those 53, 16 signed in the spring window, when the pool of players is more picked over and programs are more desperate — and willing to pay.

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Few fallouts have spilled out into the open in recent years – and those that did were picked over simply because they're so rare.

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And doubtless some Scotland fans will as they pick over the pieces of another defeat in which their endeavour and good intentions went to waste.

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The Tories are picking over their colossal election defeat and an election campaign seen privately by many in the party as a mess - not least because of the torrent of stories about betting.

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Cooks and servants of the garrison picked over the goods, demanding better prices while soldiers wandered in and out of the main gate with bored expressions, rarely stopping to look at the merchandise.

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