choose up

present singular third person choosing up · participle present chooses up · past chose up · participle past chosen up

1. idiomaticintransitiveTo form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
2. idiomaticintransitiveslangAfrican-American VernacularTo choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp.
3. idiomaticintransitiveTo select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.

   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

   2013, Tutty Apg, STUNTIN mixx, 0:39–0:48

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   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.

   2010, Vanessa Place, The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality, and Law, page 153

   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.

   2019, Maurice Holland, Street Poisoned: The Game Chose Me, page 166

   Synonyms: make up one's mind, take a decision, decide, determine, resolve, find, judge, posken