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Phrase(s): choose someone or something for something
to select someone or something for a particular purpose, office, title, etc. • I chose red for the color or the carpet. • I will choose Alice for office manager., Phrase(s): choose something for someone
to select something for someone, perhaps as a gift. • I will probably choose flowers for your mother. • I chose a funny card for his birthday.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs