UNPICK


Meaning of UNPICK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnpɪk ]

( unpicks, unpicking, unpicked)

1.

If you unpick a piece of sewing, you remove the stitches from it.

You can always unpick the hems on the dungarees if you don’t like them.

= undo

VERB : V n

2.

If someone unpicks a plan or policy, they disagree with it and examine it thoroughly in order to find any mistakes that they can use to defeat it. ( BRIT )

A statesman who ought to know better wants to unpick last year’s reform of Europe’s common agricultural policy.

VERB : V n

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