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pick (someone's)

brain/brains

To explore another's ideas through questioning.

See:

• a bone to pick
• a bone to pick with
• a pick-me-up
• bone to pick
• bone to pick, have a
• cherry-pick
• for a song
• have a bone to pick
• have a bone to pick with
• have pick of
• nose-pick
• pick
• pick (one's) battle(s)
• pick (one's) nose
• pick (someone or something) out of a hat
• pick (something) up where (one) left off
• pick a bone with (someone)
• pick a fight
• pick a lock
• pick a quarrel
• pick and choose
• pick and mix
• pick apart
• pick at
• pick away
• pick away at (something)
• pick brain
• pick brains
• pick from
• pick holes in
• pick nits
• pick of
• pick of the bunch
• pick of the litter
• pick off
• pick on
• pick on your own size
• pick one's way
• pick out
• pick out of
• pick over
• pick pocket
• pick someone's brain
• pick through
• pick to pieces
• pick up
• pick up after
• pick up marbles
• pick up on
• pick up on something
• pick up speed
• pick up steam
• pick up the ball and run
• pick up the bill
• pick up the gauntlet
• pick up the hint
• pick up the pace
• pick up the pieces
• pick up the slack
• pick up the tab
• pick up the threads of
• pick up what (one) is putting down
• pick way
• pick way through
• pick-me-up
• roach clip
• roach pick
• take pick
• take pick of
• take your pick
• the pick of
• up sticks