pick on someone
phrasal verb with pick verb uk/pɪk/ us/pɪk/
B2 找（某人）的茬;对（某人）刁难挑剔
to criticize, punish, or be unkind to the same person often and unfairly
He gets picked on by the other boys because he's so small. 他因为个子小受到其他男孩子的欺负。
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- Why are you picking on me?
- Stop picking on me!
- She felt she was being picked on.
- At school she was a vulnerable little soul and the other girls picked on her.
- I hope he didn't think I was picking on him.