pick on
[verb]
Synonyms: torment, badger, bait, bully, goad, hector, tease

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pick on somebody/something phrasal verb spoken (see also pick)

1. to behave in an unfair way to someone, for example by blaming them or criticizing them unfairly:
Why don’t you pick on someone else for a change?

2. British English to choose a particular person or thing:
Just pick on one job and try to get that finished.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pick on
pick on (someone)
to treat someone unfairly by criticizing or punishing them.
What could have caused so many people to pick on him?

My sister was always picked on at school.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pick on
to do or say bad things to someone
The boy always picked on his sister when they were children.

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pick on
v.
1. informal To make a habit of annoying or bothering (someone); do or say bad things to (someone).
Other boys picked on him until he decided to fight them.
Synonym: PICK AT³.
2. To single out; choose; select.
He visited a lot of colleges, and finally picked on Stanford.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pick on someone
pick on (someone)
to treat someone unfairly by criticizing or punishing them.
What could have caused so many people to pick on him?

My sister was always picked on at school.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pick on someone
to do or say bad things to someone
The boy always picked on his sister when they were children.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲