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picks and chooses

picks and chooses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick and choose.

Meaning of pick and choose

Verb

pick and choose (third-person singular simple present picks and chooses, present participle picking and choosing, simple past picked and chose, past participle picked and chosen)

  1. (intransitive) To choose selectively or fastidiously.

Questions about picks and chooses

What is picks and chooses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Picks and chooses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick and choose.

Words near picks and chooses in the dictionary

  1. picks
  2. picks a fight
  3. picks a hole in someone's coat
  4. picks a lane
  5. picks a quarrel
  6. picks and chooses
  7. picks and passes
  8. picks and shovels
  9. picks apart
  10. picks at
  11. picks away at

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