English Reference

Idiom

pick corners

Meaning

To choose a preference (as in predicting which boxer will win a match).

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“It is time to pick corners for the big game.”

“The crowd began to pick corners as the two fighters stepped into the ring.”

“As the political debate intensified, the audience was forced to pick corners between the two opposing candidates.”

Examples

simple

“It is time to pick corners for the big game.”

contextual

“The crowd began to pick corners as the two fighters stepped into the ring.”

complex

“As the political debate intensified, the audience was forced to pick corners between the two opposing candidates.”

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