take to pieces
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"It does not happen to be the kind of piano one can take to pieces, Miss Grant, is it?"
From My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia by Robert Watson
Wherefore it is not sufficient to write verses merely in proper language; which if you take to pieces, any person may storm in the same manner as the father in the play.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
When he was only twelve years old he was able to take to pieces and reset the family clock and a patent lever watch, using no tool for this purpose but his pocket-knife.
From Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by James Dabney McCabe
"Yet," he proceeds, "those despicable clothes had, at different periods of time, bedecked real lords and dukes," and were of considerable value, if only to strip of their decorations and take to pieces.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
"And yet," said she, "you have begun to take to pieces and destroy our family, as I have destroyed this flower."
From Darius the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
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