pick apart

verb

picked apart; picking apart; picks apart

chiefly US

: to say all of the things that are bad or wrong about (someone or something) : to criticize (a person or thing) in a very detailed and usually unkind way

You can expect political analysts to pick apart the governor's speech.

The film's critics picked his performance apart.

Examples of pick apart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Particularly, individuals on the Right are condemning the fraternity members being picked apart in the public court of opinion. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

The second apron has picked apart title teams, which likely led to greater parity across the league — while also drawing the ire of the players union. — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Maryland’s reliance on the passing game could pose problems for a secondary that was picked apart by Purdue quarterback Ryan Browne last week and is still without free safety Tao Johnson. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

New Miami quarterback Darian Mensah picked apart Stanford’s defense, throwing for 401 yards and five touchdowns in his UM debut. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for pick apart

• counterpart
• art
• cart
• carte
• chart
• dart
• fart
• haart
• mart
• part
• smart
• start