cherry-pick
verb [ I or T ]
ukusto choose only the best or most suitable from a group of people or things:
They cherry-picked the most promising potential customers and concentrated their efforts on them.
Policymakers will cherry-pick ideas from the study, and commit to implementing only the easiest and cheapest ones.
cherry-picking
noun [ U ]
He was accused by his colleagues of cherry-picking when he selected all the best students for his own course.