choose up
To divide a group of people into teams, as when playing a sport or game. The game hasn't started yet because it's taking those guys forever to choose up! The gym teacher will choose up for dodgeball by calling out names at random. We're the team captains, and we'll choose up, OK?
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choose up
Select players and form sides for a game or team, as in Jean was always afraid she'd be last when it was time to choose up. [First half of 1900s]
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choose up
v. To select players and form sides, teams, or some other group for a game or competition: The two captains chose up sides for the baseball game.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.