"choose one's battles" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chooses one's battles [present, singular, third-person], choosing one's battles [participle, present], chose one's battles [past], chosen one's battles [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|choose<,,chose,chosen> one's battles}} choose one's battles (third-person singular simple present chooses one's battles, present participle choosing one's battles, simple past chose one's battles, past participle chosen one's battles)
  1. Alternative form of pick one's battles Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pick one's battles
    Sense id: en-choose_one's_battles-en-verb-np5he51J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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