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pick out

verb

  1. to select for use or special consideration, illustration, etc, as from a group
  2. to distinguish (an object from its surroundings), as in painting

    she picked out the woodwork in white

  3. to perceive or recognize (a person or thing previously obscured)

    we picked out his face among the crowd

  4. to distinguish (sense or meaning) from or as if from a mass of detail or complication
  5. to play (a tune) tentatively, by or as if by ear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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My mom helped me pick it out, and I was able pick out my pants.

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“He picked out a ball mark on the green and said, ‘Do you think if I landed on that ball mark it won’t pick up too much speed as it goes up the hill?’”

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He picks out one famous former contestant, Katie Hopkins, as someone who could have got the job had she not walked first.

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The company also deployed ships, drones and divers with sea scooters to find out how accurately its software could pick out and identify the presence of these vehicles.

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It is the first time the Englishwoman has been picked out as a lucky loser.

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