pull to pieces

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pull to pieces

verb pulls to pieces · pulling to pieces · pulled to pieces

  1. figuratively To thoroughly refute something. To stand consistently by his criticisms of theories of race would have been to pull to pieces his partisan teachings, and this he would not do.

    Similar: pick to pieces

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@misc{pull_to_pieces_2026,
  title = {pull to pieces},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pull%20to%20pieces},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}