choose for

choose (someone or something) for (someone or something)

1. To select someone for a particular job or role. Whom has the supervisor chosen for the vacant position? I can't believe the coach chose me for pitcher!
2. To select something for someone, as of a gift. I chose that plant for him because I thought he liked to garden—I didn't realize that he's allergic to daisies!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

choose someone or something for something

to select someone or something for a particular purpose, office, title, etc. I chose red for the color or the carpet. I will choose Alice for office manager.
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choose something for someone

to select something for someone, perhaps as a gift. I will probably choose flowers for your mother. I chose a funny card for his birthday.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • choose (someone or something) for (someone or something)
  • chosen
  • reassign
  • reassign to
  • reassign to (something)
  • tab (one) for (something)
  • choose from
  • choose from (people or things)
  • be knocked out of the box
  • knock out of the box
References in classic literature
"Now, I don't wish to be selfish or arbitrary, because I am her guardian, and I shall leave Rose free to choose for herself.
Eight Cousins
Sometimes they choose not to choose explicitly (and indeed are willing to pay a considerable amount to people who will choose for them).
One reason involves information: People know best what they want, and others should not choose for them, even if the choice is not to choose.
People might decline to choose for multiple reasons.
Forcing People to Choose Is Paternalistic
In part because of limitations of "bandwidth," and in part because of awareness of their own lack of information and potential biases, people sometimes want other people to choose for them.
(8) Sometimes they make that choice explicitly (and indeed are willing to pay a considerable amount to people who will choose for them).
Choosing not to choose
We can be there to teach, to guide, to read and walk with our children as they experience and choose for themselves.
Risking the better story
We will have to choose." But we don't have to choose; each one of us must be allowed to choose for himself.
Enough already: a leading environmentalist makes a foolish case against technological innovation
Many of these people choose for the wrong reasons, though.
Why Am I Here? Student Reflections on Community College Education
* Should the "right" to die extend to those who have already lost the mental capacity to choose for themselves?
Death with dignity