Pick and Spurn

Pick

Pick verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Usage example: I pick you as my partner

Spurn is an antonym for pick in select topic.

Nearby Words: pickle, picky, picked, picket, pickup

Spurn

Spurn verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

Pick is an antonym for spurn.

Nearby Words: spur, spurned, spurning

Common collocations

people pick people spurn people
name pick name spurn name
series pick series spurn series
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