pick and choose

Idioms  

1. Select with great care, as in John and Kate loved to go to the pastry shop, especially if they had time to pick and choose. Despite its redundancy (pick and choose are synonyms), this phrase has survived since the 1400s.

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Example Sentences

Williamson is no longer obliged to play for New Zealand, having signed a casual playing agreement that gives him freedom to pick and choose when he is available.

From Barron's

Safdie: You pick and choose the moments when you’re gonna get big.

From Los Angeles Times

"We're in this really great place, that I hope will continue, where we're getting to pick and choose what we want to do - rather than it being forced or an expectation," she added.

From BBC

But if AI power users pick and choose what is worth automating, then we could all be a bit more discerning.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, the move toward around-the-clock trading would give them greater opportunity to pick and choose when they would want to be online.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• elect
• name
• prefer
• take