Usually means: Selectively choose the best parts.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. cherry-pick: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. cherry-pick: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cherry-pick, cherry-pick: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cherry-pick: Wordnik
  5. cherry-pick: Wiktionary
  6. cherry-pick: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. cherry-pick: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cherry-pick: Dictionary.com
  9. Cherry-pick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. cherry-pick: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. cherry-pick: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cherry-pick: Urban Dictionary

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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.
verb:  (rhetoric, logic, by extension) To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (US, idiomatic, broadcasting) To broadcast selected programming from another network.
verb:  (software engineering) In source control, to commit selected changes from one branch to another.

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