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picks holes

picks holes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 picks holes

What is picks holes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Picks holes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick holes.

Words near picks holes in the dictionary

  1. picks fault
  2. picks fights
  3. picks flowers
  4. picks from a hat
  5. picks gooseberry
  6. picks holes
  7. picks it up
  8. picks oakum
  9. picks of the litter
  10. picks off
  11. picks on

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