"pick holes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pick holes.ogg [Australia] Forms: picks holes [present, singular, third-person], picking holes [participle, present], picked holes [participle, past], picked holes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pick holes}} pick holes (third-person singular simple present picks holes, present participle picking holes, simple past and past participle picked holes)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To find weaknesses, errors or imperfections (in). Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-pick_holes-en-verb-3UjzwEig Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for pick holes meaning in English (1.6kB)

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