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

The nomination committee’s slate of 20 names will be submitted at the lender’s annual general meeting in mid-April for shareholders to choose up to 12 directors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

“You’ve got to talk. You can’t choose up sides and say, ‘Let’s see who wins this battle.’”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

You pin it You can now choose up to three posts or Reels to pin to the top of your profile.

From The Verge • Jun. 7, 2022

The poll asked voters who said they were not likely to take transit more often to choose up to two main reasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Now, by building a dam from one of these hills to the other, I can flood any one of these valleys to any depth I choose up to the height of the hills.

From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Knox, Thomas Wallace