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What does pick apart mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pick apart? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see pick,‎ apart.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To review or analyse in great detail
    1. (idiomatic, transitive) To criticise (especially small details).
  3. (idiomatic, transitive, sports) To overcome by skilled execution.
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Machines will increasingly be able to pick apart jargon, nuance and even riddles.
We can pick apart everything he says but at the end of the day the Prime Minister of Canada has the responsibility to name a public inquiry.
As a practical matter, because the U. S. is not there with fast track authority, no other country will make significant concessions that the United States congress may pick apart and undercut.
What's exciting is to use the tools we have to explore and pick apart this mystery.
Let me, instead, pick apart Chaucer in the library.
The lawyer tries to pick apart and contradict what the other party said.

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