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1 cherry-pick vt
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2 (to) cherry-pick
(to) cherry-pick /ˈtʃɛrɪpɪk/v. t.scegliere con cura; selezionare accuratamentecherry-pickingA a.che sceglie il meglio; esigenteB n. [u](fin., Borsa) l'atto di investire scegliendo i titoli con il miglior rendimento in un dato portafogliocherry-pickeda.scelto con cura; accuratamente selezionato. -
3 (to) cherry-pick
(to) cherry-pick /ˈtʃɛrɪpɪk/v. t.scegliere con cura; selezionare accuratamentecherry-pickingA a.che sceglie il meglio; esigenteB n. [u](fin., Borsa) l'atto di investire scegliendo i titoli con il miglior rendimento in un dato portafogliocherry-pickeda.scelto con cura; accuratamente selezionato. -
4 cherry-picked
cherry-picked► to cherry-pick -
5 cherry-picking
cherry-picking► to cherry-pick -
6 pick off
he picked them off one by one — li ha eliminati uno dopo l'altro; pick [sth.] off, pick off [sth.] levare, togliere; pick [sth.] off sth. cogliere [qcs.] da qcs. [apple, cherry]
to pick sth. off the floor — tirare su qcs. dal pavimento
* * *(to shoot (especially people in a group) one by one: He picked off the enemy soldiers.) abbattere* * *vt + adv1) (remove: fluff) togliere, (flower, leaf) cogliere2) (shoot) abbattere (uno (-a) dopo l'altro (-a)* * *he picked them off one by one — li ha eliminati uno dopo l'altro; pick [sth.] off, pick off [sth.] levare, togliere; pick [sth.] off sth. cogliere [qcs.] da qcs. [apple, cherry]
to pick sth. off the floor — tirare su qcs. dal pavimento
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