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▸ 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.
Similar:
pick over,
pick and choose,
pick out,
outpick,
separate the wheat from the chaff,
sort the wheat from the chaff,
winnow the wheat from the chaff,
sort,
single out,
cream,
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