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11hand-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...… …
12hand — n. & v. n. 1 a the end part of the human arm beyond the wrist, including the fingers and thumb. b in other primates, the end part of a forelimb, also used as a foot. 2 a (often in pl.) control, management, custody, disposal (is in good hands). b… …
13hand-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./ …
14hand-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./ …
15hand-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 …
16hand-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 …
17hand-pick — /hænd ˈpɪk / (say hand pik) verb (t) 1. to pick (fruit, etc.) by hand. 2. to select carefully. –hand picked, adjective …
18hand-pick — verb [usu. as adjective hand picked] select carefully …
19Hand in Hand (film) — Hand in Hand is a 1960 British film about the friendship between two young children, one a Catholic boy about nine, the other a 7 year old Jewish girl. The film won 14 international film awards including a special Golden Globe award for Best Film …
20hand something back (to somebody) — ˌhand sth ˈback (to sb) derived to give or return sth to the person who owns it or to where it belongs • She picked up the wallet and handed it back to him. • Control of the territory was handed back to China. Main entry: ↑handderived …
