pick sb/sth out
(EMPHASIZE) — phrasal verb with pick /pɪk/ verbDefinition
› 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.Stressing and emphasizing
(Definition of pick sb/sth out (EMPHASIZE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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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 off phrasal verb (TAKE THE BEST)
- 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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pick sth up phrasal verb (BUY)
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Synonyms and related words:
- accent noun (EMPHASIS)
- accent verb
- accentuate verb
- drive/hammer sth home idiom
- emphasis noun
- exactly adverb
- foreground verb
- hammer sth home idiom
- impress sth on/upon sb phrasal verb
- insistence noun
- place verb (POSITION)
- point sth up phrasal verb
- put a gloss on sth idiom
- ram sth home idiom
- spotlight verb
- stress noun (EMPHASIS)
- stress verb (EMPHASIZE)
- underline verb
- underscore verb
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