choose up (English, verb)
expansion: choose up (third-person singular simple present choosing up, present participle chooses up, simple past chose up, past participle chosen up)
Senses:
glosses: To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
slang
glosses: To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: choosing up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chooses up
tags: participle
present
form: chose up
tags: past
form: chosen up
tags: participle
past