pick sb/sth off
(TAKE THE BEST) — phrasal verb with pick /pɪk/ verbDefinition
› to take the best person or thing from a group: It is relatively easy for newcomers to pick off the most lucrative business and ignore the rest.Taking and choosing
(Definition of pick sb/sth off (TAKE THE BEST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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pick sb up phrasal verb (MEET)
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pick sb up phrasal verb (POLICE)
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pick sb's brains idiom
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pick sb's pocket idiom
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pick sb/sth off phrasal verb (SHOOT)
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pick sb/sth out phrasal verb (EMPHASIZE)
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pick sb/sth out phrasal verb (RECOGNIZE)
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pick sb/sth up phrasal verb (COLLECT)
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pick sb/sth up phrasal verb (LIFT)
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pick sth out phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- adopt verb (CHOOSE)
- adopted adjective (COUNTRY)
- adoption noun (CHOOSING)
- appoint verb (DATE)
- be between the devil and the deep blue sea idiom
- dip (sth) in/dip (sth) into sth phrasal verb
- draw sth off phrasal verb
- easy option noun
- either-or adjective
- empanel verb
- go for sth phrasal verb (CHOOSE)
- pick noun (CHOICE)
- pick over sth phrasal verb
- pick verb (CHOOSE)
- picker noun (CHOOSE)
- plump for sth/sb phrasal verb
- select verb
- well chosen adjective
- you name it idiom
- you pays your money and you takes your choice/chance idiom
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