pick sb/sth off

(SHOOT) — phrasal verb with pick

/pɪk/ verb

Definition

› to shoot at one particular person, animal, or vehicle that you have chosen from a group: The snipers picked the soldiers off one by one as they ran for cover.Murder and attempted murderKilling

(Definition of pick sb/sth off (SHOOT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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