pick the scab

to ditch an unwanted group member

to express the desire to be rid of a member of a group.

yo, jon's fuckin' annoying. Let's pick the scab.

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Picking at scabs

Using someone's past to hurt them in an argument as an easy way to insult them.

Mark : Charlie's such a dick, he brought up my dads suicide
John: He was just picking at scabs, he should be ashamed

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to pick at the scab

picking at the past, memories of that unwanted experience, and at any undesirable present condition:

"What is unique about Helms - and from my viewpoint, unforgivable - is his willingness to pick at the scab of the great wound of American history, the legacy of slavery and segregation, and to inflame racial resentment against African

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