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pick someone's brains

pick someone's brains is the alternative form of pick someone's brain.

Meaning of pick someone's brain

Verb

pick someone's brain (third-person singular simple present picks someone's brain, present participle picking someone's brain, simple past and past participle picked someone's brain)

  1. (idiomatic) To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone.
    • After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense.

Forms of pick someone's brains

third-person singular presentpicks someone's brains
present participlepicking someone's brains
past participlepicked someone's brains
pastpicked someone's brains

Questions about pick someone's brains

What is pick someone's brains the alternative form of?
Pick someone's brains is the alternative form of pick someone's brain.

Words near pick someone's brains in the dictionary

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  2. pick sixes
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  6. pick someone's brains
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  8. pick stitches
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