pick and choose

pick and choose
phrasal
: to select with care and deliberation or with notable fastidiousness

picking and choosing, dillying and dallying; not a man to have straightforward love for a woman — Virginia Woolf

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pick and choose
To select with care or at leisure
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Main Entry: ↑choose

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select only the best or most desirable from among a number of alternatives

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pick and choose — see ↑pick, 1
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Main Entry: ↑choose
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pick and choose
: to choose only the best or most appropriate things or people

As one of Hollywood's most successful actors, he's now in a position to carefully pick and choose his roles.

The newspaper picks and chooses which stories to report.

With so many candidates, we can afford to pick and choose. [=we can afford to take our time and only choose the best candidate]

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Main Entry: ↑pick

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ˌpick and ˈchoose idiom
to choose only those things that you like or want very much

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You have to take any job you can get— you can't pick and choose.

Main entry: ↑pickidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • pick and choose — {v.} To select with much care; choose in a fussy way; take a long time before choosing. * /He was never one to pick and choose./ * /Some people pick and choose to get something perfect, and some just because they can t make up their minds./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pick and choose — {v.} To select with much care; choose in a fussy way; take a long time before choosing. * /He was never one to pick and choose./ * /Some people pick and choose to get something perfect, and some just because they can t make up their minds./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pick and choose — ► pick and choose select only the best from among a number of alternatives. Main Entry: ↑pick …   English terms dictionary

  • pick\ and\ choose — v To select with much care; choose in a fussy way; take a long time before choosing. He was never one to pick and choose. Some people pick and choose to get something perfect, and some just because they can t make up their minds …   Словарь американских идиом

  • pick and choose — to take only what you want from a group. You cannot pick and choose which rules to accept and which to ignore …   New idioms dictionary

  • pick and choose (something) — phrase to have the chance to choose the things that you prefer, rather than simply accepting what someone gives you We cannot pick and choose which laws to obey. Thesaurus: to choose someone or somethingsynonym to choose a personhyponym… …   Useful english dictionary

  • pick and choose — select only the best from among a number of alternatives. → pick …   English new terms dictionary

  • pick and choose — phrasal to select with care and deliberation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pick and choose — be selective, be choosy, be finicky …   English contemporary dictionary

  • pick and mix — pick and mix1 adjective consisting of things that you choose from a variety that are available: Education is not a pick n mix concept. pick n mix sweets pick and mix ,pick and mix 2 verb intransitive or transitive to choose the things that you… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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