single out
verb/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈaʊ̯t/CA/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈæɔ̯t/
Etymology
Definitions
To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them…
To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently.
- Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
- Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:single out.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA