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pick out
verb
to select for use or special consideration, illustration, etc, as from a group
to distinguish (an object from its surroundings), as in painting
she picked out the woodwork in white
to perceive or recognize (a person or thing previously obscured)
we picked out his face among the crowd
to distinguish (sense or meaning) from or as if from a mass of detail or complication
to play (a tune) tentatively, by or as if by ear
Idioms and Phrases
Choose, select, as in She picked out the best piece of fabric . [Early 1500s]
Distinguish, discern from one's surroundings, as in They managed to pick out their mother from the crowd . [Mid-1500s]
Identify the notes of a tune and play it on an instrument, as in When she was four she could pick out folk songs on the piano . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
“I speak perfect English. I also speak perfect Spanish. I’m bilingual, but that doesn’t mean that I have to be picked out, like, ‘This guys seems Latino; this guy seems a little bit dirty.’
“I speak perfect English. I also speak perfect Spanish. I’m bilingual, but that doesn’t mean that I have to be picked out, like ‘This guys seems Latino; this guy seems a little bit dirty.’
Tracy, I wonder if the trouble the show had picking out where to spend its time is partly a game-to-TV adaptation problem.
Vance affirms, "I’m pro-life," while ignoring that the catechism of the religion he picked out for himself holds that the death penalty is inadmissible.
BBC Verify has gone through the deal, picking out the potential winners and losers.
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