PICK OFF


Meaning of PICK OFF in English

If someone picks off people or aircraft, they shoot them down one by one, aiming carefully at them from a distance.

Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders...

Any decent shot with telescopic sights could pick us off at random.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P

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