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pick a/the lock

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[pick a/the lock] {v. phr.}

To burglarize; open illegally; open a lock without the regular key.

* /The robber got into the house by picking the lock./

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	{v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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