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chose one's battles

chose one's battles is the simple past of choose one's battles.

Meaning of choose 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.

Questions about chose one's battles

What is chose one's battles the simple past of?
Chose one's battles is the simple past of choose one's battles.

Words near chose one's battles in the dictionary

  1. CHOs
  2. chose
  3. chose in action
  4. chose in possession
  5. chose jugée
  6. chose one's battles
  7. chose one's fighter
  8. chose out
  9. chose sides
  10. chose the wrong horse
  11. chose up

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