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choose up (third-person singular simple present choosing up, present participle chooses up, simple past chose up, past participle chosen up)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.
   • 2010, Vanessa Place, The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality, and Law, page 153:

     She prostituted for a couple of pimps before meeting MacD in Oakland. When Dakota got into his car, MacD said, "Bitch, my name is MacDaddy,” and added: "You've just gotten in a pimp's car, and you've chosen up.

   • 2013, Tutty Apg, STUNTIN mixx‎, 0:39–0:48:

     A couple bitches tried to play me
     They tried to have my babies
     I’m like “bitches, you crazy?”
     I’m tryna git my loot up
     […]
     Money or a broke bitch
     It ain’t hard for me to choose up

   • 2019, Maurice Holland, Street Poisoned: The Game Chose Me, page 166:

     They would chose up and leave me with the choice to decide. That was giving me power from the beginning. Submission! I didn't have to be first to make a move. It's always better to be chosen.

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