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pick and choose
Idioms and Phrases
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.Example Sentences
“This isn't revealing a secret. I’ve been clear from the beginning about what I stand for, and that’s making sure people can live a dignified life in this city rather than letting the market pick and choose who deserves access to even the most basic human needs,” he said.
So it cannot pick and choose which business it wants to do.
Megan Clarke, 35, is another regular bus user from Ipswich and said the changes would force her to "pick and choose" when she could go out or enjoy other things in her life.
You pick and choose your spots and we’ve taken a lot of pride over the years of being very selective.”
"They pick and choose when aid can go in, and if they can't monitor it and they can't use it how they want, they restrict it," he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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