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draw straws

verb as in cast lots

Weak matches

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No. She may enter the annual Balthazar rotation, but draw straws this year to see who gets to go first.

Or if there are three of you in a flat and you all have your own love interests, it could be a time to draw straws.

From BBC

The moderates could draw straws — again, not likely.

This is merely an anecdote; please do not have your tweens draw straws to determine who sleeps in the car.

From Slate

Low on staff, we had to draw straws to decide who would work the first night shift.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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