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Definition of Choose up
1. Verb. Form sides, as for a game.
Definition of Choose up
1. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive) To select, pick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Choose Up
Literary usage of Choose up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. SAS(R) Component Language 9.1:: Reference, Volumes 1 and 2 by SAS Institute (2004)
"... ‘choose up to 3 librefs','',3); 0 Create a current result list to receive user
selections. Use MAKELIST to create the list and ..."
2. Proud Mahaska, 1843-1900 by Semira Ann Hobbs Phillips (1900)
"I attended a country school once whose teacher was a young man who enjoyed spelling
schools as much as any of us; he allowed us to choose up and spell every ..."
3. The Modern English Verb-adverb Combination by Arthur Garfield Kennedy (1920)
"... boast,' brace up 'to show fortitude,' call up (by telephone), chalk up 'to
charge to one's account,' check up, cheer up, chirk up, charge up, choose up ..."
4. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"... we'd get out in th' field where th' oats'd been cut away, an' we'd choose up
sides. Wan cap'n'd pick one man, an' th' other another. ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"We might have any number we choose, up to several dozen conductors, meeting at
one point, and just because we make the circuits multiple we would expect the ..."
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