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choosing up

choosing up is the present participle and gerund of choose up.

Meaning of 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

Questions about choosing up

What is choosing up the present participle and gerund of?
Choosing up is the present participle and gerund of choose up.

Words near choosing up in the dictionary

  1. choosing one's battles
  2. choosing one's fighter
  3. choosing out
  4. choosing sides
  5. choosing the wrong horse
  6. choosing up
  7. choosing violence
  8. choosingly
  9. choosings
  10. choosy
  11. choot pattern

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