choose up sides

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.

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  • 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

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