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View synonyms for pick out

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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She apparently could even pick out her man of choice in a post-concert mob.

To pick sorts is to go to such standing type and pick out characters that are exhausted in the cases.

Visit an animal shelter, pick out the sorriest mutt you can find, and then put it down.

Last night, it was easy to pick out the smarter man on the stage.

Eat: Alex recommends being a bit adventurous with the menus, “pick out the strangest sounding meal – it always works.”

If we go against 'em now, it'll be all same goin' blindfolded into a barn t' pick out the best hoss.

I believe I can pick out all these playwrights by a reference to their recitation papers.

Very amusing how the reviews pick out one story and damn the rest!

And Bernier forced a broad jest as he glanced at the ladies, "Joy here to pick out one's wife!"

Let the Brigade-Majors, I said, pick out a few of their freshest companies and get on to the crest right now.

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