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Select players and form sides for a game or team, as in Jean was always afraid she'd be last when it was time to choose up. [First half of 1900s]

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How to use choose up in a sentence

The old oak where we were used to choose up stood motionless, as if it dreamed over the old days.
Wisconsin in Story and Song;|Various
Captains were chosen, and they would "choose up" till the school was divided into two classes.
Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel|Frank G. Allen
She was allowed to choose up for her side in “No bears out tonight,” though this honor usually fell to one of the bigger girls.
Chicken Little Jane|Lily Munsell Ritchie
The two players who were last to be hit in the two games are captains to choose up for the next time.
My Book of Indoor Games|Clarence Squareman

Come on down to Kingman's, fellers,” I shouted, “an' choose up sides!
Penguin Persons & Peppermints|Walter Prichard Eaton