The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important.
His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan.
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.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
pick out — verb 1. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives (Freq. 4) Take any one of these cards Choose a good husband for your daughter She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her • Syn: ↑choose, ↑take,… … Useful english dictionary
pick out someone — 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… … New idioms dictionary
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 … New idioms dictionary
pick out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pick out : present tense I/you/we/they pick out he/she/it picks out present participle picking out past tense picked out past participle picked out 1) to choose one thing or person from a group Have you picked … English dictionary
pick out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you pick out someone or something, you recognize them when it is difficult to see them, for example because they are among a large group. [V P n (not pron)] The detective constable picked out the words with difficulty... [V n… … English dictionary
To pick out — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pick someone/something out — distinguish someone or something among a group of people or things Lester picked out two familiar voices ■ (of a light) illuminate an object by shining directly on it ■ usu. be picked out distinguish shapes or letters from their surroundings by… … Useful english dictionary
pick out — verb a) to remove by picking 1859, Charles Dickens b) to select : 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 … Wiktionary
pick someone/something out — Syn: see, make out, distinguish, discern, spot, perceive, detect, notice, recognize, identify, catch sight of, glimpse … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
pick someone/something off — shoot a member of a group of people or things, aiming carefully from a distance ■ Baseball put out a runner by a pickoff … Useful english dictionary
