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English verb: pick off | |||
| 1. | pick off (social) shoot one by one | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pip, shoot | ||
| 2. | pick off (contact) pull or pull out sharply | ||
| Samples | Pluck the flowers off the bush. | ||
| Synonyms | pluck, pull off, tweak | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | draw, force, pull | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | tweeze | ||
| Verb group | draw away, draw off, pull off | ||
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