pluck : Idioms & Phrases
pluck at
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verb pluck or pull at with the fingers
pull at; pick at.
- She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse
WordNet
To pick a crow , To pluck a crow
- to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one).
Webster 1913
To pluck away
- to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to tear away.
Webster 1913
To pluck down
- to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a lower state.
Webster 1913
to pluck off
- to pull or tear off;
as, .to pluck off the skin
Webster 1913
to pluck up
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(a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy;as, . Jer. xii. 17.to pluck up a plant;to pluk up a nation(b) To gather up; to summon;as, .to pluck up courage
