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take one's pick

take one's pick verb: to choose; to select.

Verb

take one's pick (third-person singular simple present takes one's pick, present participle taking one's pick, simple past took one's pick, past participle taken one's pick)

  1. (idiomatic) To choose; to select.

Forms of take one's pick

third-person singular presenttakes one's pick
present participletaking one's pick
pasttook one's pick
past participletaken one's pick

Questions about take one's pick

What does take one's pick mean?
Take one's pick means to choose; to select.
What part of speech is take one's pick?
Take one's pick is a verb.
What is the past tense of take one's pick?
The past tense of take one's pick is took one's pick.

Words near take one's pick in the dictionary

  1. take one's life in one's hands
  2. take one's lumps
  3. take one's medicine
  4. take one's own hide to market
  5. take one's own life
  6. take one's pick
  7. take one's place
  8. take one's point
  9. take one's rise
  10. take one's seat
  11. take one's sweet little time

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