Pick
Pick verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Usage example: I pick you as my partner
Spurn
Spurn verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
Common collocations
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Spurn and Pick. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick/spurn
Pick & Spurn. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick/spurn>.
Spurn or Pick. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pick/spurn.
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