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picked through

picked through is the simple past and past participle of pick through.

Meaning of pick through

Verb

pick through (third-person singular simple present picks through, present participle picking through, simple past and past participle picked through)

  1. (transitive) To look through a group or list in order to select what one desires.

Questions about picked through

What is picked through the simple past and past participle of?
Picked through is the simple past and past participle of pick through.

Words near picked through in the dictionary

  1. picked over
  2. picked quarrels
  3. picked sides
  4. picked someone's brain
  5. picked the wrong horse
  6. picked through
  7. picked up
  8. picked up on
  9. picked up one's crumbs
  10. picked up one's marbles and gone home
  11. picked up one's marbles and went home

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