Definition of "pick out" []

• To remove by picking (verb)
• To select (verb)
• To distinguish (verb)
• To detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste) (verb)
• To send a long pass or cross to. (verb)

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• "It would be presumptous of me to pick out a single thing that history will identify as a result of this mission."
• "I was getting ready for work, she would pick out a "neckin" (a necklace) for me to wear to work."
• "When the music ended, the presenter began chatting in Irish, from which she could only pick out a few words—go hailainn, wonderful; an fhidil, the fiddle."