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pick and choose

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pick and choose

to choose very carefully from a number of possibilities; to be selective. You must take what you are given. You cannot pick and choose. Meg is so beautiful. She can pick and choose from a whole range of boyfriends.

See also: and, choose, pick

pick and choose

to take only what you want from a group You cannot pick and choose which rules to accept and which to ignore.

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pick and choose

Select with great care, as in John and Kate loved to go to the pastry shop, especially if they had time to pick and choose . Despite its redundancy ( pick and choose are synonyms), this phrase has survived since the 1400s.

See also: and, choose, pick

pick and choose

To select with great care.

See also: and, choose, pick