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picked on
verb as in nag, provoke
Example Sentences
"Some of the things that we get regularly are around not being confident with people who are used to being bullied or picked on," said Simon Humphreys, who started the first social club for people living with autism in Colwyn Bay.
"He picked on a few boys within that group, befriend us, invited us back out to lunch at his family home and slowly over the years became a sort of father figure to me."
“I just want to let me make sure everyone understands this, that Georgia is not going to be intimidated. Russia has just decided they picked on the wrong Georgia,” Raffensperger said.
“Russia has picked on the wrong Georgia.”
Mr Cook described the Commission's findings as "political" and said Ireland was being "picked on" in 2016.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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