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choose up en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.
    • A couple bitches tried to play me They tried to have my babies I’m like “bitches, you crazy?” I’m tryna git my loot up […] Money or a broke bitch It ain’t hard for me to choose up 2013, Tutty Apg, STUNTIN mixx, 0:39–0:48:
    • She prostituted for a couple of pimps before meeting MacD in Oakland. When Dakota got into his car, MacD said, "Bitch, my name is MacDaddy,” and added: "You've just gotten in a pimp's car, and you've chosen up. 2010, Vanessa Place, The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality, and Law, page 153:
    • They would chose up and leave me with the choice to decide. That was giving me power from the beginning. Submission! I didn't have to be first to make a move. It's always better to be chosen. 2019, Maurice Holland, Street Poisoned: The Game Chose Me, page 166:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chooses up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chosen up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chose up Tense=Past lexicographic
choosing up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

choose sides

Synonyms

make up one's mind · choose up · judge · resolve · make a decision · find · work out · determine · take a decision · take a decision · decide · posken · make up one's mind