hand-pick

hand-pick
verb
pick personally and very carefully
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the director hand-picked his new team

• Hypernyms: ↑pick
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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handˈ-pick transitive verb
1. To pick by hand
2. To select carefully for a particular purpose
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Main Entry: ↑hand

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hand-pick «HAND PIHK», transitive verb.
1. to pick by hand.
2. select carefully: »

A shrewd and involved teacher can hand-pick a talented or hard-driving student who will succeed despite low mental test scores (Thomas Sowell).

3. to select for ulterior purposes, as a candidate for office.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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