pick and choose, to
pick and choose
To select and combine various different options as one desires. Starting next month, customers of the airline will no longer be able to pick and choose the things they pay for on their flights, instead having to select one of three pre-determined price tiers.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
pick and choose
Select with great care, as in John and Kate loved to go to the pastry shop, especially if they had time to pick and choose . Despite its redundancy ( pick and choose are synonyms), this phrase has survived since the 1400s.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
pick and choose
select only the best or most desirable or appropriate from among a number of alternatives.See also: and, choose, pick
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
ˌpick and ˈchoose
take time and care to choose something you really want: There are so few jobs in banking at the moment that you’re not really in a position to pick and choose.See also: and, choose, pick
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
pick and choose
To select with great care.
See also: and, choose, pick
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
pick and choose, to
To select very fastidiously. This redundancy—to pick and to choose mean exactly the same thing—dates from the seventeenth century. Sir Thomas Herbert (Travels into Africa and Asia, 1665) stated, “He found he had the liberty to pick and choose,” and the term is still current.
See also: and, pick
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- watch the clock
- worldly
- worldly desires
- earthly
- earthly desires
- go (one's) (own) way
- go your own way
- all or nothing
- send the wrong message
- your hands are tied