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choose one's battles

choose one's battles verb: synonym of pick one's battles.

Verb

choose one's battles (third-person singular simple present chooses one's battles, present participle choosing one's battles, simple past chose one's battles, past participle chosen one's battles)

  1. Synonym of pick one's battles.

Synonyms of choose one's battles

Forms of choose one's battles

third-person singular presentchooses one's battles
present participlechoosing one's battles
pastchose one's battles
past participlechosen one's battles

Questions about choose one's battles

What does choose one's battles mean?
Choose one's battles means synonym of pick one's battles.
What part of speech is choose one's battles?
Choose one's battles is a verb.
What is the past tense of choose one's battles?
The past tense of choose one's battles is chose one's battles.

Words near choose one's battles in the dictionary

  1. choosable
  2. choosables
  3. choose
  4. choose cone
  5. choose cones
  6. choose one's battles
  7. choose one's fighter
  8. choose out
  9. choose sides
  10. choose the wrong horse
  11. choose up

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