pick out (someone/something)

1. to choose someone or something instead of others.

The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important.

His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan.

2. to find someone or something in a group.

The upgrade will increase the telescope's ability to pick out individual objects in space.

He was so tall, it was easy to pick him out in the crowd.

• throw into
• throw into a spin
• throw into a tizz
• throw into a tizzy
• throw into something
• throw into the pot
• throw in your hand
• throw in your lot with
• throw in your lot with someone
• throw light on
• throw light on something
• throw money around
• throw money at
• throw money at something
• throw mud at
• throw mud at someone
• throw off
• throw off balance
• throw off something
• throw off the scent
• throw on
• throw on mercy
• throw on someone's mercy
• throw on something
• throw on the scrap heap