single out
Intermédiaire supérieur (B2) neutral
To pick out just one person or thing from a group and give them special attention — often in a way that feels unfair.
"The teacher always seemed to single him out for extra criticism in front of the class."
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Home at the End of the Earth (Full Episode) | Incredible Animal Journeys | Nat Geo Animals
Nat Geo Animals · 16:05
They single out a penguin from the crowd.
The power of shame in a post-truth world | Ken Roth, ex-director of Human Rights Watch
The Institute of Art and Ideas · 0:53
techniques of today's populist autocrat is to single out