pick off

Questions about pick off

What does pick off mean?

pick off means "shoot one by one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pick off?

Close synonyms include pluck, tweak, pull off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pick off a common word?

pick off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.