choose up

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

As the European nations chose up sides, they were busily arming themselves.

From Literature

Cole and Caden would start shouting about choosing up teams even before they’d figured out what game they wanted to play.

From Literature

Party lists for the lower house are closed, so voters pick a party rather than a specific candidate, but choose up to three regional senators.

From Reuters

Party lists for lawmakers are closed, so voters pick a party rather than a specific candidate, but chose up to three regional senators.

From Reuters

Pretty much all the kids hated me and those who weren’t spending their time hating me chose up sides between the Danvers and the Gantrys and hated each other.

From Literature