pick winner

Frequency: 6.89.9 per million words

To choose or select the winner, often by guessing or based on personal judgment.

winnerVERB + NOUN

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pick

Examples (10)

  • He's very good at picking winners.
  • It's hard to pick a clear winner in such a competitive field.
  • The judges will pick the winner by the end of the show.
  • Have you already picked your favorite as the potential winner?
  • She has a knack for picking winners in horse races.
  • No one could confidently pick the winner before the final round.
  • If you want to invest, you need to learn how to pick winners in the stock market.
  • They asked me to pick a winner from the three finalists.
  • The committee struggled to pick a single winner due to the high quality of entries.
  • Can you pick the winner of the next election?