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Phrase(s): pick someone or something out of something [and] pick someone or something out
1. to lift or pull someone or something out of something. • The mother picked her child out of the fray and took him home. • I picked out the mushrooms before eating the soup. 2. to select someone or something out of an offering of selections. • I picked Jerry out of all the boys in the class. • I picked out Jerry.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs