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chosen up

chosen up is the past participle 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 chosen up

What is chosen up the past participle of?
Chosen up is the past participle of choose up.

Words near chosen up in the dictionary

  1. chosen out
  2. chosen people
  3. chosen race
  4. chosen sides
  5. chosen the wrong horse
  6. chosen up
  7. chosen violence
  8. chosen-ciphertext attack
  9. chosen-ciphertext attacks
  10. chosen-plaintext attack
  11. chosen-plaintext attacks

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