See choose up on Wiktionary
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"To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates."
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"(idiomatic, intransitive) To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates."
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"To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp."
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"(idiomatic, intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp."
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"ref": "2010, Vanessa Place, The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality, and Law, page 153:",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "2013, Tutty Apg, STUNTIN mixx, 0:39–0:48:",
"text": "A couple bitches tried to play me\nThey tried to have my babies\nI’m like “bitches, you crazy?”\nI’m tryna git my loot up\n[…]\nMoney or a broke bitch\nIt ain’t hard for me to choose up",
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"ref": "2019, Maurice Holland, Street Poisoned: The Game Chose Me, page 166:",
"text": "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.",
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"To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option."
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"(idiomatic, intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp."
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"text": "A couple bitches tried to play me\nThey tried to have my babies\nI’m like “bitches, you crazy?”\nI’m tryna git my loot up\n[…]\nMoney or a broke bitch\nIt ain’t hard for me to choose up",
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"text": "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.",
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