English

single out

/ˌsɪŋ.ɡəl ˈaʊ̯t/
To select (someone or something) from a group and highlight them or treat them differently.

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    Origin

    From single (“to take alone, or one by one”, intransitive archaic verb) + out. First attested in 1629.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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    • partEnglishsingle “Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishsingle
        • derivedOld Frenchsengle
    • partEnglishout “Away from the inside or centre.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishoute
        • inheritedOld Englishūt “out, outer”
        • inheritedOld Englishūte

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