pick someone's brain

English

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pick someone's brain (third-person singular simple present picks someone's brain, present participle picking someone's brain, simple past and past participle picked someone's brain)

  1. (idiomatic) To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone.
    After I spent a couple of hours picking his brain, his scheme started to make sense.

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