To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils., To wish; to desire; to prefer., To make a selection; to decide., To do otherwise.
The meaning of buffet is where you can choose a variety of foods on a table
The homophone for select meaning "to choose" is "selekt."
It's not an idiom. It means you pick and choose what you want -- pick something out and choose it from a selection.
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It means you choose and it's up to you
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