to choose one thing or person from a group
to make something easy to see by painting or making it in a different colour from what surrounds it
to recognize someone or something from a group
to see someone or something when they are difficult to see
to shine a light on someone or something so that they are easy to see
A woman in the crowd was picked out by a spotlight.
Have you picked out a dress for the party?
Her eyes had adjusted to the murkiness, allowing her to pick out shapes from the darkness beyond.
In the morning we'll go through my coffers, pick out colours that become you.
The yellow coat makes her easier to pick out in a crowd.
Without a moon, they would pick out the best stars, identifying the ones they could.
You can pick out a liar by the nervous way they act.
the symbol of a flame picked out in yellow and red
picks out
picking out
picked out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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