"pick someone's brains" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: picks someone's brains [present, singular, third-person], picking someone's brains [participle, present], picked someone's brains [participle, past], picked someone's brains [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pick someone's brains (third-person singular simple present picks someone's brains, present participle picking someone's brains, simple past and past participle picked someone's brains)
  1. Alternative form of pick someone's brain Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pick someone's brain
    Sense id: en-pick_someone's_brains-en-verb-Yskh33ij Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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