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choose up

idiom
Meaning

To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.


Examples
SIMPLE

We need to choose up sides for the game.

CONTEXTUAL

The kids gathered on the field to choose up teams before the soccer match started.

COMPLEX

The neighborhood children spent the afternoon choosing up sides for a game of baseball, carefully balancing the talent among the two groups.

Anchors to
Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    choose one's fighter

    To select something as one's preferred choice from a set of related things, people etc.

  2. 02

    choose violence

    To disrespect or insult someone in a particularly audacious and unexpected manner.

  3. 03

    I choose violence

    Used to express that one is firmly committed to making one's own choice(s) regardless of disapproval from others.

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