choose up

choose  (chz)

v. chose (chz), cho·sen (chzn), choos·ing, choos·es

v.tr.

1. To select from a number of possible alternatives; decide on and pick out.

2.

a. To prefer above others: chooses the supermarket over the neighborhood grocery store.

b. To determine or decide: chose to fly rather than drive.

v.intr.

To make a choice; make a selection: was used to doing as she chose.

Phrasal Verb:

choose up

To choose players and form sides or teams for a game, such as baseball or softball.

Idiom:

cannot choose but

Can only do; cannot do otherwise: We cannot choose but to observe the rules.

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[Middle English chesen, from Old English cosan; see geus- in Indo-European roots.]

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chooser n.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

choose up - form sides, as for a game form, organize, organise - create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"