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by choice
Idioms and Phrases
Deliberately, as a matter of preference. For example, No one told me to come; I'm here by choice . This expression replaced the earlier with choice , used from about 1500.Example Sentences
Not all fathers are absent by choice, she says.
"Don't kick Afghans out of their homes - we're not here by choice, we are forced to be here."
That battle needed to be believable, but, by choice, it would be done without extensive special effects.
However, "that also isn’t necessarily by choice," Marketplace observed, noting a 2016 study that showed the strong correlation between perceived attractiveness and income.
He became an advocate for wildfire survivors, their champion and a clearinghouse of recovery tips by choice and his lived experience.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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