- pick on someone
- pick on (someone)
to treat someone unfairly by criticizing or punishing them.
What could have caused so many people to pick on him?
My sister was always picked on at school.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
pick on someone
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pick out someone — pick out (someone/something) 1. to choose someone or something instead of others. The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important. His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan. 2. to find someone or… … New idioms dictionary
pick on someone — choose someone; tease someone, harass someone; nag someone … English contemporary dictionary
have a bone to pick with someone — informal phrase to want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you I’ve got a bone to pick with you. Thesaurus: to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym Main entry: bone * * * … Useful english dictionary
(a) bone to pick with someone — a bone to pick with (someone) a small disagreement with someone. My sister and I had a bone to pick with our parents over where we d go on vacation … New idioms dictionary
have a bone to pick with someone — have a bone to pick with (someone) something that you say when you want to talk to someone about something they have done that has annoyed you. I have a bone to pick with you. Did you eat that chocolate mousse I was saving for my tea? … New idioms dictionary
bone to pick with someone — If you have a bone to pick with someone, you are annoyed with them and want to talk to them about it. Mark wants to see the boss. He says he s got a bone to pick with him … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
pick out something — pick out (someone/something) 1. to choose someone or something instead of others. The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important. His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan. 2. to find someone or… … New idioms dictionary
pick out — (someone/something) 1. to choose someone or something instead of others. The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important. His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan. 2. to find someone or something in a … New idioms dictionary
pick on — (someone) to treat someone unfairly by criticizing or punishing them. What could have caused so many people to pick on him? My sister was always picked on at school … New idioms dictionary
pick someone to pieces — pick/pull (someone/something) to pieces to criticize someone or something very severely, often in a way that is not fair. It s discouraging because every time I show him a bit of work I ve done he picks it to pieces … New idioms dictionary
