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

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