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Definition of 'cherry-pick'

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cherry-pick

(tʃeripɪk )
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense cherry-picks , present participle cherry-picking , past tense, past participle cherry-picked
verb
If someone cherry-picks people or things, they choose the best ones from a group of them, often in a way that other people consider unfair.
The club is in debt while others are queuing to cherry-pick their best players. [VERB noun]
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cherry-pick in British

verb
(transitive)
to choose or take the best or most profitable of (a number of things), esp for one's own benefit or gain
cherry-pick the best routes
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cherry-pick in American

(ˈtʃɛriˌpɪk ; cherˈēpikˌ)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
Informal
to select (only what one considers to be best or most desirable, profitable, etc.) from a number of options
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
cherry-picking (ˈcherry-ˌpicking)
  noun

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Used Rarely. cherry-pick is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Translations for 'cherry-pick'

British English: cherry-pick VERB
If someone cherry-picks people or things, they choose the best ones from a group of them, often in a way that other people consider unfair.
The club is in debt while others are queuing to cherry-pick their best players.
  • American English: cherry-pick
  • Brazilian Portuguese: escolher a dedo
  • Chinese: 挑捡最好的
  • European Spanish: seleccionar cuidadosamente
  • French: trier sur le voletN
  • German: die Rosinen herauspicken aus
  • Italian: accaparrarsi
  • Japanese: 慎重に選び取る
  • Korean: 선별하다
  • European Portuguese: escolher a dedo
  • Spanish: seleccionar cuidadosamente

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Definition of cherry-pick from the Collins English Dictionary

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