cherry-pick verb [+ obj or no obj]

to choose the best things or people from a group and leave those which are not so good:

Competitors may cherry-pick the most profitable mail services.

He cherry-picked the phone industry for the best people to work with him.

cherry picker noun [C]:

cherry pickers who take the best offers in the store but nothing else

cherry-picking noun [U]

• internal customer
• internal equity
• internal labour market
• internal market
• internal rate of return
• Internal Revenue Code
• Internal Revenue Service
• internal search
• international
• International Accounting Standards
• International Accounting Standards Board
• international airport
• International Chamber of Commerce
• International Civil Aviation Organization
• International Financial Reporting Standards
• International Labour Organization
• international labour standards
• international law
• international management
• international monetary system
• International Reply Coupon
• International Securities Exchange
• Internesia
• Internet
• Internet cafe