pull to pieces

verb

To thoroughly refute something.

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pick to pieces
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Meanings

verbpull to pieces (third-person singular simple present pulls to pieces, present participle pulling to pieces, simple past and past participle pulled to pieces)

present singular third person pulls to pieces · participle present pulling to pieces · participle past pulled to pieces · past pulled to pieces

  1. figurativelyTo 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.

    1897, John Mackinnon Robertson, The Saxon and the Celt: A Study in Sociology

    Synonyms: pick to pieces

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo thoroughly refute something.

Similar
pick to pieces
Also see
tear to pieces
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APA

pull to pieces. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20to%20pieces

MLA

“pull to pieces.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20to%20pieces. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pull to pieces,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20to%20pieces.

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