Word Study
pick off
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb pick off has 2 senses
- pick off(v = verb.social) Array - shoot one by one; Array is one way to pip, shoot
- pick off(v = verb.contact) pluck, pull off, tweak - pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush" is one way to draw, force, pull
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
pick off, v. t.
- to put out a baserunner who is off base by tagging him/her, especially by a quick throw from the pitcher or catcher. [PJC]
- to shoot so as to kill or disable, especially one by one from a position or in a situation where the target is unable to return fire at the shooter; -- used commonly of sniper fire. [PJC]
- to intercept (a pass). [PJC]
THESAURUS
pick off
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, strike, take a potshot, torpedo
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