1. Shoot one by one
   "The sniper picked off the enemy soldiers from his hidden position"
    
2. Pull or pull out sharply
   "She picked off the dead leaves from the plant";
   - pluck, tweak, pull off

1. A baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out
   "The pitcher's quick pick-off caught the runner leaning too far off first base"

Derived forms: picks off, picking off, pick-offs, picked off

Type of: baseball play, blow away [informal], draw, pip [informal], pull, shoot, smoke [N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Pick off