Phrase guide
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verb
To pick out the most valuable or desirable things or people from a group for one's own interests.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Synonyms: cherry-pick
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate the wheat from the chaff, sort the chaff from the grain
History
From cream of the crop.
