cherry-pick
verb/ˈtʃeri pɪk/
/ˈtʃeri pɪk/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cherry-pick | /ˈtʃeri pɪk/ /ˈtʃeri pɪk/ |
| he / she / it cherry-picks | /ˈtʃeri pɪks/ /ˈtʃeri pɪks/ |
| past simple cherry-picked | /ˈtʃeri pɪkt/ /ˈtʃeri pɪkt/ |
| past participle cherry-picked | /ˈtʃeri pɪkt/ /ˈtʃeri pɪkt/ |
| -ing form cherry-picking | /ˈtʃeri pɪkɪŋ/ /ˈtʃeri pɪkɪŋ/ |
- cherry-pick (somebody/something) to choose the best people or things from a group and leave those that are not so good
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