(idiomatic, intransitive) To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.

(intransitive) To choose selectively or fastidiously.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choose up

(game theory) Synonym of divide and choose

(game theory) a procedure for envy-free fair cake-cutting in which one person divides a heterogeneous resource in two and the other person chooses one of those two

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see choose, sides. / To divide a group into teams for a game or sport.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pick and choose

Alternative form of pick one's battles

Synonym of back the wrong horse

effectively no difference between