Contact Groups on iPhone using iCloud

Okay I love the fact that I can share my contact data across my Apple devices...BUT I have a large contacts database and don't want to view the entire database on my iOS devices.
I would like to only view a select number of groups from my contacts on my iOS devices.  How do I do that?

Make sure those contacts you don't want on your phone are in your on my mac group in address book.
You might also take a look at this User Tip, to ensure you understand the differences between the different accounts in Address Book.

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