"pick corners" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pick corners.ogg [Australia] Forms: picks corners [present, singular, third-person], picking corners [participle, present], picked corners [participle, past], picked corners [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pick corners}} pick corners (third-person singular simple present picks corners, present participle picking corners, simple past and past participle picked corners)
  1. (idiomatic) To choose a preference (as in predicting which boxer will win a match). Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pick_corners-en-verb-NwHPtFEG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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