pick and choose

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pick and choose

to choose very carefully from a number of possibilities; to be selective. You must take what you are given. You cannot pick and choose. Meg is so beautiful. She can pick and choose from a whole range of boyfriends.

See also: and, choose, pick

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The idea of stickin' that blessed child 'way off up here in this hot little room--with no fire in the winter, too, and all this big house ter pick and choose from Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context I can't say, even now, that I shall be glad to see you married, Dolly; but I AM glad--yes, I am, and glad to think I can say so--to know that you are admired and courted, and can pick and choose for a happy life. Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context I'm sure, if I had HIS imperial, I could pick and choose among all the second-class heiresses in town. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			pester with pet pet hate pet peeve petard pete peter peter out petition for phase phase in phase into phase out phase out of phone phone in phone up phony as a three-dollar bill photo op phrase physical Physician, heal thyself pick pick a fight pick a lock pick and choose pick and mix pick apart pick at pick away pick brain pick brains pick from pick holes in pick of pick off pick on pick on your own size pick out pick out of pick over pick pocket pick to pieces pick up pick up after pick up marbles pick up on pick up speed pick up steam pick up the ball and run pick up the bill			pick pick pick pick pick 'n' mix Pick (disambiguation) Pick (disambiguation) Pick (disambiguation) Pick (disambiguation) pick (one's) way pick (one's) way pick (one's) way pick (one's) way pick (someone) to pieces pick (someone) to pieces pick (someone) to pieces pick (someone) to pieces pick ’n’ mix Pick A Brick pick a fight pick a fight pick a fight pick a fight pick a fight pick a lock pick a quarrel pick a quarrel pick a quarrel pick a quarrel pick a quarrel pick and choose pick and dip pick and mix pick and mix Pick and Place Pick and roll pick apart pick apart pick apart pick apart pick apart pick at pick at pick at pick at pick at pick away Pick axe Pick axe Pick BASIC pick brain pick brain pick brain pick brain pick brain pick brains pick brains pick brains pick brains pick brains Pick cell

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