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choose up (third-person singular simple present choosing up, present participle chooses up, simple past chose up, past participle chosen up)
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
- (idiomatic, intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.
2010, Vanessa Place, The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality, and Law, page 153:She prostituted for a couple of pimps before meeting MacD in Oakland. When Dakota got into his car, MacD said, "Bitch, my name is MacDaddy,” and added: "You've just gotten in a pimp's car, and you've chosen up.
2013, Tutty Apg, STUNTIN mixx, 0:39–0:48:A couple bitches tried to play me
They tried to have my babies
I’m like “bitches, you crazy?”
I’m tryna git my loot up
[…]
Money or a broke bitch
It ain’t hard for me to choose up
2019, Maurice Holland, Street Poisoned: The Game Chose Me, page 166:They would chose up and leave me with the choice to decide. That was giving me power from the beginning. Submission! I didn't have to be first to make a move. It's always better to be chosen.
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