pick (something) clean
idiom
: to remove all the material that covers something
The birds picked the bones clean.
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On Super Bowl Sunday alone, sticky-fingered Americans might pick clean 1.4 billion of the chicken’s dinkiest, boniest cut.
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Matthew Korfhage, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
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“Pick (something) clean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pick%20%28something%29%20clean. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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