pick over something phrasal verb (see also pick)
to examine a group of things very carefully in order to choose the ones you want:
She was sitting at the kitchen table picking over a pile of mushrooms.

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pick over
pick over (something)
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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pick over something
pick over (something)
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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pick over
to sort through something
The customers picked the best clothes over at the department store sale.

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pick something over
to sort through something
The customers picked the best clothes over at the department store sale.

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pick over
v. To select the best of; look at and take what is good from; choose from.
She picked the apples over and threw out the bad ones.
We hurried to the big sale, but we were late and everything had already been picked over.

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