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Discover Ludwig"pick him off" is a correct phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to mean that someone or something was removed or singled out from a larger group or collection. For example: The sniper had been instructed to pick him off from the crowd.
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He can't stand back and try to pick him off as he used to do.
Trachsel tried to pick him off, but his throw was wild and Guerrero took two bases.
The Vikings confuse Weinke, pick him off twice, and the offense scores its usual three touchdowns and then some.
"You're not necessarily going to pick him off, but if you can understand what's going on over there - Is he moving?
Against Maia I expect him to use his speed and elusiveness to frustrate Maia and pick him off as he moves.
He weaved his way to second, Stewart moved into the lead, and Johnson needed just over one lap to pick him off, too.
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He picked him off with strong scoring shots.
Oregon's Cliff Harris picked him off twice, once in the end zone.
After the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins led off the game by drawing a walk, Gee picked him off first base.
The police picked him off the ground and put him in handcuffs.
Swann, meanwhile, was leaking too many runs, with both batsmen picking him off on either side of the wicket.
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