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pick out someone/something 1. to choose someone or something instead of others. The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important. His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan. 2. to find someone or something in a group. The upgrade will increase the telescope's ability to pick out individual objects in space. He was so tall, it was easy to pick him out in the crowd. See also: pick |
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The Birdcatcher spared his life, and determined to pick out a fine young Cock just attaining to his comb. Hence his ability to pick out the right men and utilize combined energy. Todd cured the young man—Of a ball that the Judge had shot into him—for all the world as easy as I could pick out a splinter with my darning-needle. |
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