choose up

Verb

choose up (third-person singular simple present choosing up, present participle chooses up, simple past chose up, past participle chosen up)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
2. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp.
3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.
   • 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
   • 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 up2013, Tutty Apg, STUNTIN mixx, 0:39–0:48

   Synonyms:

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