pick off
Example Sentences
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Among Nvidia challengers, Google stands alone in the amount of financial firepower it can deploy to pick off customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Navy decommissioned its last battleship in 1992, after the military recognized that battleships had become sitting ducks, vulnerable to modern military munitions that could pick off the vessel from the sky.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
BigBear can certainly pick off smaller, more specialized government contracts, however, and even has a partnership with Palantir.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Bellotti started Saturday's fight on the front foot, but Padley's sharp footwork and elite conditioning allowed him to pick off the 34-year-old.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
They marched around the back yard, slashing at foliage, occasionally pausing to pick off a stray elephant or fight a tribe of cannibals.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
