pick off

1. (literally)To remove by picking.

   Before you recycle the bottle you need to pick off the label.

2. To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. precisely, one by one.

   Let's pick off these issues starting from the top.

   England's batsmen were nothing more than sitting ducks waiting to be picked off by these unerringly accurate marksmen.

3. To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. precisely, one by one.

   To shoot one by one.

   The sniper picked off the incoming police one at a time.

   shoot one by one

4. To throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.

   The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.

5. To intercept, such as a ball in flight.

1. Tom picked the book off the floor.

   ruТом поднял книгу с пола.

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2. Tom picked up something off the table.

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3. Tom picked something up off the floor.

   ruТом что-то подобрал с пола.

   deTom nahm etwas vom Boden auf.

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4. Tom picked an apple off the tree.

   ruТом сорвал с дерева яблоко.

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5. Tom saw Mary picking things up off the floor.

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irregular

• pick upпідбирати, підніматиTo lift; to grasp and raise.
• pick outвзяти, братиTo remove by picking.
• pick apartстукати, стукнутиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick, apart.
• pick offTo remove by picking.
• pick onTo bully, harass, or make fun of a victim; to bother or harass.
• pick overTo choose all of the desirable items from (an array of options); to look for the most desirable items among.
• pick throughTo look through a group or list in order to select what one desires.