choose up

English

choose up (third-person singular simple present choosing up, present participle chooses up, simple past chose up, past participle chosen up)

(idiomatic, intransitive) To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
(idiomatic, intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To choose (not necessarily fully consensually) to work as a prostitute for a particular pimp.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To select; pick, especially, to make a final decision on a selection or option.
- 2010, Vanessa Place, The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality, and Law, page 153:
  She prostituted for a couple of pimps before meeting MacD in Oakland. When Dakota got into his car, MacD said, "Bitch, my name is MacDaddy,” and added: "You've just gotten in a pimp's car, and you've chosen up.
- 2013, Tutty Apg, STUNTIN mixx‎^[1], 0:39–0:48:
  A couple bitches tried to play me
  They tried to have my babies
  I’m like “bitches, you crazy?”
  I’m tryna git my loot up
  […]
  Money or a broke bitch
  It ain’t hard for me to choose up
- 2019, Maurice Holland, Street Poisoned: The Game Chose Me, page 166:
  They would chose up and leave me with the choice to decide. That was giving me power from the beginning. Submission! I didn't have to be first to make a move. It's always better to be chosen.