pick off
Example Sentences
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The traditional "big four" grocers at the time - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons - were slow to respond to the new competition, leaving the challengers to gradually pick off their shoppers.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
Armed with a virtually unlimited war chest, the professor would pick off the top scientists at less well financed labs—starting, presumably, with DeepMind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 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
Then said, ‘We have to pick off the meat It doesn’t matter about the insides, we won’t come to them.’
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
