cherry-pickverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈtʃer.iˌpɪk//ˈtʃer.iˌpɪk/to pick only the best people or things from a group, so that only people or things that are less good remain:
The new schools were accused of cherry-picking the best students in the area.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking and choosing
- accord
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- appoint
- bags I... idiom
- dip
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- go off with sth
- have/keep your options open idiom
- impanel
- selection
- selective
- selector
- self-selected
- single sb/sth out
- skim sb/sth off
- slate
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