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cream the crop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To pick out the most valuable or desirable things or people from a group for one's own interests.

Word forms

cream the crop creams the crop creaming the crop creamed the crop

Etymology

From cream of the crop.

Synonyms

cherry-pick

Related words

creaming of the crop

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