take to pieces
Example Sentences
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It is one thing to see a sophistry, and another to take to pieces the filmy threads of which it is composed.
From The Chautauqua Girls At Home by Pansy
She's so light she will float on a good heavy dew, and then she's so easy to take to pieces and pack away.
From The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades by Davis, J. Watson
We admit nothing now without question; we have learnt to take to pieces all motives to actions.
From Is Life Worth Living? by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)
She also purchased a box of models of common furniture, which were made to take to pieces, and to be put together again, and on which the names of all the parts were printed.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 01 by Edgeworth, Maria
Not infrequently I take to pieces a fine clock or watch and fail to find anything the matter with it, and yet it will not go as it should.
From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
