pick sb/sth out
— phrasal verb with pick uk/pɪk/us/pɪk/verb
(RECOGNIZE)
to recognize, find, or make a choice among different people or things in a group:
Can you pick out the three deliberate mistakes in this paragraph?
The critics picked him out as the outstanding male dancer of the decade.
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- She picked out a pink shirt for me to try on.
- Over 200 people applied for the job and we had to pick out ten to interview.
- A witness picked out the attacker from police photos.
- See if you can pick out the drawing that Rebecca did.
- She could pick him out from a group photo.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Identifying
- ascribe sth to sb
- biometric
- character recognition
- color-coded
- colour-coded
- distinguishing
- dog tag
- id
- ID card
- identifiable
- identification
- identity card
- paper
- passport
- pick
- separate the sheep from the goats idiom
- sheep
- tag
- tell
- tell sth/sb apart
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(EMPHASIZE)
to choose and emphasize, make clearer, or highlight someone or something:
The ship's name was picked out in bright gold letters along her stern.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stressing & emphasizing
- accent
- accentuate
- drive
- emphasis
- emphatic
- freaking
- fronting
- gloss
- hammer
- hammer sth home idiom
- howling
- impress sth on/upon sb
- place
- play
- play sth up
- point
- point sth out
- point sth up
- should
- underline
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