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ripe for the picking

ripe for the picking adjective: ready to be taken or exploited.

Adjective

ripe for the picking

  1. (idiomatic) Ready to be taken or exploited.
    • So now, it seems the real question is, If nature is ripe for the picking by capital-oriented farmers, then why should not farmers be ripe for the picking by industrial capitalists?2003, George L. Henderson, California and the Fictions of Capital, page 136

Synonyms of ripe for the picking

Questions about ripe for the picking

What does ripe for the picking mean?
Ripe for the picking means ready to be taken or exploited.
What part of speech is ripe for the picking?
Ripe for the picking is an adjective.

Words near ripe for the picking in the dictionary

  1. ripasudil
  2. ripazepam
  3. ripcord
  4. ripcords
  5. ripe
  6. ripe for the picking
  7. ripe for the plucking
  8. ripe old age
  9. ripeck
  10. ripecks
  11. riped

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