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picked a lane

picked a lane is the simple past and past participle of pick a lane.

Meaning of pick a lane

Verb

pick a lane (third-person singular simple present picks a lane, present participle picking a lane, simple past and past participle picked a lane)

  1. To commit to an approach to something.
    • "We both looked at the business and said, 'You know what? We still have over 100 million people using us worldwide. We have to pick a lane as to what we're going to be,'" Hirschhorn said.2010, Jason Hirschhorn, quoted in Dawn C. Chmielewski and Jessica Guynn, "MySpace looks to the past for its future", Los Angeles Times (March 10, 2010), p. B3

Questions about picked a lane

What is picked a lane the simple past and past participle of?
Picked a lane is the simple past and past participle of pick a lane.

Words near picked a lane in the dictionary

  1. pickcheeses
  2. pickchuh
  3. picked
  4. picked a fight
  5. picked a hole in someone's coat
  6. picked a lane
  7. picked a quarrel
  8. picked and chose
  9. picked and chosen
  10. picked and passed
  11. picked apart

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