pick a number

Make arbitrary selection

Pick a number is an invitation to choose any number, typically within a stated or implied range.

It's used to make random selections Pick a number between one and ten, settle disputes, or assign turns.

The phrase also appears when someone faces an overwhelming quantity: How many problems does this project have? Pick a number.

Related

choose · lottery · lucky · digit · one · seven · thirteen · gamble · chance · select · spin · wheel · between · secret · magic · fortune · dice · psychic

Categories
Opposites
method of selection

pick a numbercalculate

Determine through math

compute · derive · figure out · work out · deduce

precision of outcome

pick a numberpin down

Fix precisely or immobilize

ascertain

randomness vs. calculation

pick a numberdo the math

Reason through the obvious

figure it out · work it out · educated guess

Family

pick, picks, picked, picking, picker, pickers, number, numbers, numbered

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G