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11pick off — pick (someone/something) off 1. to kill or shoot one person or animal at a time. Snipers picked the soldiers off one by one. The birds in the nest were picked off by hawks. 2. to select and attack or defeat a particular person or group. During… …
12pick off — {v.} 1. To pull off; remove with the fingers. * /He picked off the burs that had stuck to his overcoat./ 2. To shoot, one at a time; knock down one by one. * /The sniper picked off the slower soldiers as they came out into the road./ 3. To catch… …
13pick off — {v.} 1. To pull off; remove with the fingers. * /He picked off the burs that had stuck to his overcoat./ 2. To shoot, one at a time; knock down one by one. * /The sniper picked off the slower soldiers as they came out into the road./ 3. To catch… …
14pick\ off — v 1. To pull off; remove with the fingers. He picked off the burs that had stuck to his overcoat. 2. To shoot, one at a time; knock down one by one. The sniper picked off the slower soldiers as they came out into the road. 3. To catch a base… …
15pick off — PHRASAL VERB If someone picks off people or aircraft, they shoot them down one by one, aiming carefully at them from a distance. [V P n (not pron)] Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders... [V n P] Any decent shot… …
16pick off — to kill Choosing whom you aim at: Go ahead. You can pick him off. (Genet, 1969, in translation, writing of a killing) …
17pick off — 1. Pluck, pick, pull off. 2. Kill, wound (as a marksman) …
18pick off — transitive verb Date: 1810 1. to shoot or bring down especially one by one 2. to put out (a base runner who is off base) with a quick throw (as from the pitcher or catcher) 3. intercept < picked off a pass > …
19pick off — Synonyms and related words: charge, cock, detonate, discharge, drop, eject, fell, fire, fire off, gun, gun for, hit, let fly, let off, load, pelt, pepper, pistol, plug, pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, riddle, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, snipe,… …
20pick off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. snipe, get, shoot; see kill 1 , remove 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To wound or kill with a firearm: gun (down), shoot. Slang: plug. See HELP. II verb See pick …
