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pick someone's brain
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Idioms and Phrases
Obtain ideas or information from another person, as in I'm out of ideas for decorating—let me pick your brain . This term alludes to picking clean a carcass. [Mid-1800s]Discover More
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Dorie Clark, adjunct professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of “Entrepreneurial You,” said asking to pick someone’s brain has become overused to the point of thoughtlessness.
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The Ask – Nebulous requests to, “pick someone’s brain,” are seldom welcomed by busy professionals.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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