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picking someone's brain

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
pick-ing -some-one's brain
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pick someone's brain

Questions

What does picking someone's brain mean?
present participle and gerund of pick someone's brain

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