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How to pronounce “cherry-pick”
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Pronunciation guide for cherry-pick
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of cherry-pick with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Broadway's The Outsiders
- Definition summary
- (idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.
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How to pronounce cherry-pick
Broadway's The Outsiders
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Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “cherry-pick”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.
- (rhetoric, logic, by extension) To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence.
- (US, idiomatic, sports) To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced.
- (US, idiomatic, broadcasting) To broadcast selected programming from another network.
- (software engineering) In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.
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