Idiom
pick one's battles
Meaning
To involve oneself in disputes only if one is likely to win.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You should pick your battles at work.”
“She learned to pick her battles rather than arguing about every small detail with her boss.”
“To maintain peace in the office, the manager wisely chose to pick her battles, ignoring minor mistakes to focus on the project's success.”
Examples
simple
“You should pick your battles at work.”
contextual
“She learned to pick her battles rather than arguing about every small detail with her boss.”
complex
“To maintain peace in the office, the manager wisely chose to pick her battles, ignoring minor mistakes to focus on the project's success.”
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