pick apart

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to examine something critically and identify its faults

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   pick apart something / pick something apart

   Usage: A noun object may come before or after apart; put a personal pronoun between the verb and particle, as in pick it apart.

   The reviewer began to pick apart the argument, identifying several unsupported assumptions.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The reviewer began to pick apart the argument, identifying several unsupported assumptions.

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