by choice

by choice
by choice
due to conscious choice; on purpose. •

I do this kind of thing by choice. No one makes me do it.

I didn't go to this college by choice. It was the closest one to home.

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{adv. phr.} As a result of choosing because of wanting to; freely. * /John helped his father by choice./ * /Mary ate a plum, but not by choice. Her mother told her she must eat it./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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