pick holes en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To find weaknesses, errors or imperfections (in).
The publication of their results is a call for help to pick holes in their methods, and save physics as we now know it.
2011 September 23, Jason Palmer, “Light speed: Flying into fantasy”, in BBC News:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| picked holes | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| picked holes | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| picking holes | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| picks holes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |