hand-pick

hand-pick
verb
Hand-pick is used with these nouns as the object: ↑successor

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  • hand-pick — ► VERB ▪ select carefully …   English terms dictionary

  • hand-pick — verb pick personally and very carefully the director hand picked his new team • Hypernyms: ↑pick • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody * * * handˈ pick transitive verb …   Useful english dictionary

  • hand-pick — hand picks, hand picking, hand picked also handpick VERB If someone is hand picked, they are very carefully chosen by someone in authority for a particular purpose or a particular job. [be V ed] He was hand picked for this job by the Admiral...… …   English dictionary

  • hand-pick — /hænd ˈpɪk / (say hand pik) verb (t) 1. to pick (fruit, etc.) by hand. 2. to select carefully. –hand picked, adjective …  

  • hand-pick — {v.}, {informal} To choose very carefully. * /This debating team should win because its members are all hand picked./ * /The political bosses hand picked a man for mayor who would agree with them./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hand-pick — {v.}, {informal} To choose very carefully. * /This debating team should win because its members are all hand picked./ * /The political bosses hand picked a man for mayor who would agree with them./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • hand-pick — v informal To choose very carefully. This debating team should win because its members are all hand picked. The political bosses hand picked a man for mayor who would agree with them …   Словарь американских идиом

  • hand-pick — verb [usu. as adjective hand picked] select carefully …   English new terms dictionary

  • hand·pick — …   Useful english dictionary

  • pick — [n] a chosen option, usually the choicest aces, bag, best, choice, choosing, cream*, crème de la crème*, cup of tea*, decision, druthers*, elect, elite, flower*, preference, pride, prime, prize, select, selection, top, tops; concepts 529,671 Ant …   New thesaurus

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