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Definition

To review or analyse in great detail

To overcome by skilled execution.

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In Context

  • "The quarterback picked apart the secondary defense in the first half."
  • "Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand."
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