to take your pick
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3.6
- idiom
:
elegir
- Then it's take your pick between Mejia, Familia, Hefner, Schwinden, and McHugh.
- So take your pick
- just take your pick
- well, take your pick
They've also got an angelic or demonic aspect, take your pick.
- They've also got an angelic or demonic aspect, take your pick.
- So I've worked with now with hundreds of gamers in cells, opioid addicts, like take your pick.
- But I take comfort in the fact that there are people like Eckhart, like Muji, like Rupert, like Christ, like whoever, take your pick.
Examples
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During the sale, customers can take their pick of any item at half price.
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Well, there's no other guests at the moment, so you can take your pick of any one of the ten rooms we have.
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You can take your pick.
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Going or coming, take your pick.
Fiction book (2001) -
We have plenty of tank experts; you can take your pick.
Fiction book (1993) -
Wanna see three features for $1.00, running all day and night? Take your pick of half a dozen theaters.
Blog text (14) -
Elvis would step out, approach the woman, and tell her she could take her pick.
Fiction book (1996) -
You can take your pick from the evil queens and witches of fairy tales.
Blog text (33) -
I ordered the navy, but they're also available in grey or mocha brown: take your pick.
Blog text (2) -
In the meantime, I'll walk with you down to Information, and you can take your pick of what you'd like to see, or maybe get something to eat.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.0
Pick one thing or person from a group
∞
1.0
To choose carefully from a group
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1.0
Choose something from several options
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1.0
To choose what to do after thinking about the options
218
3.2
To choose one thing from two or more options
181
1.1
To choose one thing from several options
63
3.5
Choose one thing from several available
How Much Choice
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'choose freely from available options' is directly derivable from combining 'take' (select/accept) with 'your pick' (your choice), with 'your' indicating possession. This composition follows common English patterns (take + NP) and is highly predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase take your pick comes from the image of someone at a table of fruit or a market stall, reaching out to take and pick the piece they like. So, it now means 'choose freely' from several options.