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cherry-pick
verb [I or T]Definition
› to choose only the best or most suitable from a group of people or things: They cherry-picked the most promising potential customers and concentrated their efforts on them. Policymakers will cherry-pick ideas from the study, and commit to implementing only the easiest and cheapest ones.
cherry-picking noun [U] › He was accused by his colleagues of cherry-picking when he selected all the best students for his own course.(Definition of cherry-pick verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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