pick out Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
   choose; select; take.
   
   • Take any one of these cards
   • Choose a good husband for your daughter
   • She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
2. verb detect with the senses
   recognize; spot; make out; tell apart; recognise; distinguish; discern.
   
   • The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
   • I can't make out the faces in this photograph

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