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picking holes

picking holes is the present participle and gerund of pick holes.

Meaning of pick holes

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To find weaknesses, errors or imperfections (in).
    • The publication of their results is a call for help to pick holes in their methods, and save physics as we now know it.2011 September 23, Jason Palmer, “Light speed: Flying into fantasy”, in BBC News

Questions about picking holes

What is picking holes the present participle and gerund of?
Picking holes is the present participle and gerund of pick holes.

Words near picking holes in the dictionary

  1. picking fault
  2. picking fights
  3. picking flowers
  4. picking from a hat
  5. picking gooseberry
  6. picking holes
  7. picking it up
  8. picking oakum
  9. picking off
  10. picking on
  11. picking one's battles

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