pick over
pick over · picks over · picked over · picking over
To choose all of the desirable items fromTo choose all of the desirable items from (an array of options); to look for the most desirable items among.
» Why did you pick Tom over me?
Meaning
1 sensesTo choose all of the desirable items from (an array of options); to look for the most desirable items among.
More definitions
- separate or remove
Examples
4 sentencesWhy did you pick Tom over me?
I don't think it's fair that you pick me over her!
She is picking over a basket of grapes.
Rima wanted to Yanni to pick her over her friends.
Forms
picks over, picking over, picked over, picked over| Base form | pick over · to pick over |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | picks over |
| Present participle | picking over |
| Past simple | picked over |
| Past participle | picked over |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- pick upпідбирати, підніматиTo lift; to grasp and raise.
- pick outвзяти, братиTo remove by picking.
- pick apartстукати, стукнутиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick, apart.
- pick offTo remove by picking.
- pick onTo bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass.
- pick overTo choose all of the desirable items from (an array of options); to look for the most desirable items among.
- pick throughTo look through a group or list in order to select what one desires.
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- separate or remove:sieve out
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb