pick off

Meaning

Verb

1. (literally) To remove by picking.
2. To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. precisely, one by one.
3. To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. precisely, one by one.
4. To throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.
5. To intercept, such as a ball in flight.

Noun

An instance of throwing out a batter leading off base.

Synonyms

pluck

scrape

tweak

pull off

get

gin

peel off

pick out

pick up

prick

pull

reap

remove

rip out

separate

shell

🐚

shuck

snipe

take off

turn

unstick

part

prise off

break off

collect

cull

Translations

enlever

racler

ammazzare uno ad uno

plomar

καθαρίζω

ανοίγω από

égrener

🐚

extraire

tirer

levare

strappare

spicciolare

afplukken

uitpikken

tirar