pick away
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To remove something by picking it, usually with one's fingers. A noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "away." The child sat picking raisins away from her cookie. I had to pick away the cat hair from my suit before the interview.
pick something away
to pull or pinch something loose from something. Mary picked the meat away from the bones. He picked away the burrs.