- choose up sides
- {v. phr.} To form two teams with two captains taking turns choosing players. * /The boys chose up sides for a game of softball./ * /Tom and Joe were the captains. They chose up sides./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
choose up sides
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Choose Up Sides — Format Children s Game/Stunt Show Presented by Bob Kennedy (CBS) Gene Rayburn (NBC) Narrated by Bob Pfeiffer (CBS) Don Pardo (NBC) Country of origin … Wikipedia
choose up sides — choose people to play on two or more teams Let s choose up sides and play a game of volleyball … English idioms
choose up sides — {v. phr.} To form two teams with two captains taking turns choosing players. * /The boys chose up sides for a game of softball./ * /Tom and Joe were the captains. They chose up sides./ … Dictionary of American idioms
choose\ up\ sides — v. phr. To form two teams with two captains taking turns choosing players. The boys chose up sides for a game of softball. Tom and Joe were the captains. they chose up sides … Словарь американских идиом
choose sides — To pick teams • • • Main Entry: ↑side * * * choose sides : to divide a group into two teams that will play against each other When we chose sides in gym class, I was always the last person to be picked to be on a team. often used figuratively… … Useful english dictionary
Choose — Choose, v. t. [imp. {Chose}; p. p. {Chosen}, {Chose} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Choosing}.] [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ce[ o]san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kj[=o]sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. ?, Skr. jush to enjoy … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
choose up — verb form sides, as for a game (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑form, ↑organize, ↑organise • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * verb … Useful english dictionary
choose — choosable, adj. chooser, n. /choohz/, v., chose; chosen or (Obs.) chose; choosing. v.t. 1. to select from a number of possibilities; pick by preference: She chose Sunday for her departure. 2. to prefer or decide (to do something): He chose to run … Universalium
choose up — verb Date: 1850 transitive verb to form (sides) especially for a game by having opposing captains choose their players intransitive verb to form sides for a game < let s choose up and play ball > … New Collegiate Dictionary
choose sides — help one side or team, take sides Some of the students will dislike you if you choose sides … English idioms
