Pick off

"Pick off" in a Sentence (9 examples)

Before you recycle the bottle you need to pick off the label.

Let's pick off these issues starting from the top.

England's batsmen were nothing more than sitting ducks waiting to be picked off by these unerringly accurate marksmen.

History has shown that our enemies will not leave any of us alone, in the closet or not. We must all stand together or they will pick us off one by one.

Having more chicks together after hatching also makes it less likely her chicks will be the ones picked off by a predator.

The sniper picked off the incoming police one at a time.

The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.

But the World Cup winning veteran's left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.

The final out of the game was determined by a pick off.

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