choose up
verb
chose up; chosen up; choosing up; chooses up
: to form (sides) especially for a game by having opposing captains choose their players
: to form sides for a game
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Through the program, first reported by The Atlantic, COS will choose up to seven research proposals in different areas related to the mental health of teens.
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Emma Roth, The Verge, 17 July 2024
A couple of weeks prior, each chef can choose up to five ingredients (up to $500 worth) and the Top Chef culinary producers will source them from literally any part of the world.
—Buddha Lo, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Voters will choose up to 14 candidates to be elected in the district and join Hartford’s Democratic Town Committee.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2024
Each Saturday, several dozen athletes — most in their 70s — gather at Centennial Park North, in Ellicott City, to choose up sides and strut their stuff.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
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Emma Roth, The Verge, 17 July 2024
A couple of weeks prior, each chef can choose up to five ingredients (up to $500 worth) and the Top Chef culinary producers will source them from literally any part of the world.
—Buddha Lo, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
Voters will choose up to 14 candidates to be elected in the district and join Hartford’s Democratic Town Committee.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2024
Each Saturday, several dozen athletes — most in their 70s — gather at Centennial Park North, in Ellicott City, to choose up sides and strut their stuff.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Choose up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choose%20up. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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