by choice

Idioms  

1. Deliberately, as a matter of preference. For example, No one told me to come; I'm here by choice. This expression replaced the earlier with choice, used from about 1500.

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Example Sentences

Some marry by choice to send money back to their families or to plot an eventual escape.

From BBC

“It was 100 years ago, and I remember I wasn’t doing a lot of magazine covers by choice,” Stern said.

From Los Angeles Times

I was aged out of my profession in 2019, not by choice.

From MarketWatch

Let’s also acknowledge that some new entrepreneurs didn’t become founders entirely by choice.

From The Wall Street Journal

In areas where Taliban fighters were battling US-backed forces, men would grow beards either out of fear or by choice.

From Barron's

Related Words

• deliberately
• freely
• intentionally
• spontaneously
• willingly