PICK OFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Pull or pull out sharply

Example:

pluck the flowers off the bush

Synonyms:

pick off; pluck; pull off; tweak

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pick off" is one way to...):

draw; pull (cause to move by pulling)

Verb group:

draw away; draw off; pull off (remove by drawing or pulling)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pick off"):

tweeze (pluck with tweezers)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Meaning:

Shoot one by one

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "pick off" is one way to...):

pip; shoot (kill by firing a missile)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody