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pick over

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pick something over
Fig. to look through something carefully, looking for something special. The shoppers who got here first picked everything over, and there is not much left. They picked over all the merchandise.
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pick over something also pick something over
to examine a group of things carefully The boss picked over every word in Kelley's memo. She picked the strawberries over, selecting the largest ones.
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