Examples of 'picking off' in a sentence
Meaning of "picking off"
picking off - This phrase is often used in sports or military contexts and refers to the act of targeting and eliminating individual members of a group or team one by one. It implies a deliberate and calculated approach to weakening the opposition or achieving a specific objective. For example, 'The sniper was picking off enemy soldiers from a hidden position' means that the sniper was systematically eliminating enemy soldiers
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- present participle of pick off
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Hey seem to be picking off houses at random.
Picking off your clients one by one.
The catcher is picking off the second base.
Picking off the first base.
We will start by picking off the slowest ones.
Silky shark specialise in picking off.
I am picking off his fleas every day.
They can not go around picking off scientists.
They are picking off survivors left and right.
I do not condone a serial killer picking off students.
I started picking off runners one by one.
Care to explain why you are methodically picking off.
They are picking off their targets.
So can you stop picking on me as if you are picking off feathers.
Just picking off their victims one by one.
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Silky sharks specialize in picking off injured fish.
She was picking off germans from a church tower.
Silky sharks specialise in picking off injured fish.
They went picking off and on throughout his childhood.
Needle fish cruise the surface picking off anything small.
Useful for picking off enemies from a distance.
They got some guy down here picking off our guys.
Picking off the injured.
And snipers were picking off my men one by one.
Picking off them revenuers.
We should start picking off these rednecks one by one.
Picking off the pepperonis.
She had a habit of picking off her nail polish.
Picking off the rookies should be easy after that.
With the women picking off the men one by one.
Picking off your kind like ducks in a shooting gallery.
Seems to be the week for picking off the wealthy residents.
Picking off the ones that have the most to lose.
They take human form and are picking off passengers one by one.
Coyotes picking off the weak members of the herd.
Lavigne picks up a red flower and begins picking off the petals.
Be like picking off innocent bystanders with a sniper rifle.
Alfredi at a coral reef cleaning station with fish picking off parasites.
They have been picking off one financial site after another.
Harris must have discovered that Clairmont was picking off the old unit.
Not as insane as picking off the greatest quarterback of all time.
Marine sniper and spotter work together in picking off the enemy in Korea.
Can not be picking off bad guys in the middle of a crowded bar.
I bring a guy home and they are like coyotes picking off the weak members of the herd.
I have been picking off all the other nominees one by one.
When they cross my path I enjoy picking off their wings.
You were picking off meteor freaks like ducks on the first day of hunting season.
But I am gonna keep picking off your flunkies.
Picking off targets at will If word got out that a member of the police was.
Now someone seems to be picking off the wedding guests one by one.
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