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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

pick and choose
to take only what you want from a group You cannot pick and choose which rules to accept and which to ignore.
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
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.
I'm sure, if I had HIS imperial, I could pick and choose among all the second-class heiresses in town.
 
 
 
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