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pick out

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to remove by picking

1859, Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities
Madame Defarge herself picked out the pattern on her sleeve with her toothpick, and saw and heard something inaudible and invisible a long way off.

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pick out

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to select

2007, Letticia, Body Worship, page 192
Very often husbands would patronise my boutique and pick out something for the little lady and, in passing, pick out something for themselves.

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pick out

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to distinguish

Apr 30, 1988, Toronto Star - Bonaventure Island a birdwatcher's delight 50,000 gannets jostle and spar for a piece of the island
The young birds cry out for food, and the parents returning from the sea manage to pick out their own amid a mass of look-alikes.

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pick out

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To ornament or relieve with lines etc. of a different, usually lighter, colour.

a dark green carriage body picked out with red

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pick out

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to detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste)


And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock.

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pick out

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to send a long pass or cross to.

26 December 2006, 4TheGame - Bolton Wanderers vs Newcastle United
Ameobi skipped away down the left in the 39th minute and tried to pick out Shearer with a cross but his delivery was cut out by goalkeeper Jussi J...

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