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Pick Off (Verb)

Meaning 1

Pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • She carefully picked off the ripe fruit from the orchard.
  • The caterpillar was picked off by a curious bird.
  • He picked off the stickers from the old furniture.
  • Gently pick off the dead petals from the flowers to promote new growth.
  • Her mom helped her pick off the loose threads from her favorite sweater.

Synonyms

  • Pluck
  • Tweak
  • Pull Off

Hypernyms

  • Draw
  • Pull

Hyponyms

  • Tweeze

Meaning 2

Shoot one by one.

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • The sniper's job was to carefully pick off enemy soldiers trying to sneak across the battlefield.
  • A skilled hunter will pick off individual birds from a large flock to minimize damage.
  • Shooting from the cover of bushes, the rebel was able to pick off several government soldiers.
  • During the last battle, the marksman had managed to pick off at least five enemy fighters.
  • Armed with a rifle, the lookout in the watchtower was trained to pick off anyone attempting to scale the walls.

Hypernyms

  • Pip
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