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pick from a hat

pick from a hat is the alternative form of pick out of a hat.

Meaning of pick out of a hat

Verb

pick out of a hat (third-person singular simple present picks out of a hat, present participle picking out of a hat, simple past and past participle picked out of a hat)

  1. To determine by chance, especially by drawing lots.
    Synonyms:
    draw lots
  2. To substitute a guess for unavailable data.
    • That number was just picked out of a hat.
    Synonyms:
    pluck from thin air

Forms of pick from a hat

third-person singular presentpicks from a hat
present participlepicking from a hat
past participlepicked from a hat
pastpicked from a hat

Questions about pick from a hat

What is pick from a hat the alternative form of?
Pick from a hat is the alternative form of pick out of a hat.

Words near pick from a hat in the dictionary

  1. pick corners
  2. pick dressing
  3. pick fault
  4. pick fights
  5. pick flowers
  6. pick from a hat
  7. pick gooseberry
  8. pick gun
  9. pick guns
  10. pick hammer
  11. pick hammers

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