This debating team should win because its members are all hand-picked.
The political bosses hand-picked a man for mayor who would agree with them.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
hand-pick — ► VERB ▪ select carefully … English terms dictionary
hand-pick — verb pick personally and very carefully the director hand picked his new team • Hypernyms: ↑pick • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody * * * handˈ pick transitive verb … Useful english dictionary
hand-pick — verb Hand pick is used with these nouns as the object: ↑successor … Collocations dictionary
hand-pick — hand picks, hand picking, hand picked also handpick VERB If someone is hand picked, they are very carefully chosen by someone in authority for a particular purpose or a particular job. [be V ed] He was hand picked for this job by the Admiral...… … English dictionary
hand-pick — /hænd ˈpɪk / (say hand pik) verb (t) 1. to pick (fruit, etc.) by hand. 2. to select carefully. –hand picked, adjective …
hand-pick — {v.}, {informal} To choose very carefully. * /This debating team should win because its members are all hand picked./ * /The political bosses hand picked a man for mayor who would agree with them./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hand-pick — {v.}, {informal} To choose very carefully. * /This debating team should win because its members are all hand picked./ * /The political bosses hand picked a man for mayor who would agree with them./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hand-pick — verb [usu. as adjective hand picked] select carefully … English new terms dictionary
hand·pick — … Useful english dictionary
pick — [n] a chosen option, usually the choicest aces, bag, best, choice, choosing, cream*, crème de la crème*, cup of tea*, decision, druthers*, elect, elite, flower*, preference, pride, prime, prize, select, selection, top, tops; concepts 529,671 Ant … New thesaurus
