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cherry-pick, v. colloq.
Brit. |ˈtʃɛripɪk|, U.S. |ˈtʃɛriˌpɪk|
[‹ cherry n. + pick v.1, after cherry-picker n., cherry-picking n.]
trans. To choose selectively (the most beneficial or profitable items, opportunities, etc.) from what is available. Also intr. Cf. earlier cherry-picker n. 3.
1966Times 23 July 1/2 The agreement is now in force. We cannot cherry-pick any part of it. 1972Encycl. Brit. Yearbk. 733/1 Cherrypick vb., to register new voters in an area where they are likely to be of the registrar's own party. 1975Business Week (Nexis) 19 May 128 Many customers are trading down to cheaper brands. Others are doing more ‘cross-shopping’ from store to store, cherry-picking the specials. 1987Observer 13 Sept. 32/6 It did not want the whole team, preferring to cherrypick the stars. 1991Kiplinger's Personal Finance Oct. 66/3 Small groups don't have enough people to spread the risk, so insurers cherry-pick. 2001Wired Sept. 79/1 Music consumers are cherry-picking songs like Shaggy's ‘It Wasn't Me’, not downloading whole albums.
Derivatives. cherry-picked adj.
1983Discount Store News 21 Feb. 20/2 Among those standing pat on their programs for 1983 are..Pamida, whose tight, *cherry-picked program will stay the same. 1998Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 24 Aug. 35 CBS has taken the extraordinary step of plucking a radio guy to challenge NBC's ‘Saturday Night Live’ and building his show on cherry-picked bits from the radio. |