When you can’t choose, but have to take what you’re given: “I’ll take a cat, but if I had my ________ I’d take a dog.”
| CHOICE | 631 |
| WAY | 247 |
| DRUTHERS | 143 |
| PREFERENCE | 56 |
| PICK | 53 |
| RATHERS | 49 |
| RUTHERS | 22 |
| SAY | 13 |
| WISH | 13 |
| NR | 8 |
| DRATHERS | 7 |
| SAY-SO | 5 |
| OWN WAY | 4 |
| WISHES | 4 |
| DESIRE | 3 |
| WILL | 3 |
| WAY ABOUT IT | 2 |
| CHANCE | 1 |
| FIRST CHOICE | 1 |
| HOBSON’S CHOICE | 1 |
| IF IT WERE UP TO ME | 1 |
| LIKING | 1 |
| MIND | 1 |
| OWN DECISION | 1 |
| RATHER | 1 |
| REPINION | 1 |
| RIGHTS | 1 |
| TWO CENT’S WORTH | 1 |
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