pick off
Obere Mittelstufe (B2) neutral
To shoot or remove things one by one very carefully, or to take something off by picking it.
"The sniper was picking off the sentries one by one from the ridge."
Im Kontext hören
Satire Is Back With The CEO of The Onion
In Good Faith with Philip DeFranco · 3:03
He just had to pick off staffers
Brawls for Survival (Full Episode) | Animal Fight Night Compilation | Nat Geo Animals
Nat Geo Animals · 8:40
to pick off stragglers heading for the water.
Lethal Animal Battles Captured on Camera | MEGA Episode | Nat Geo Animals
Nat Geo Animals · 82:00
So they try to pick off cubs to lessen the competition.
The Bronze Age Collapse (approximately 1200 B.C.E.)
Historia Civilis · 10:19
they could just sit back and pick off enemies at a distance.
The Bronze Age Collapse (approximately 1200 B.C.E.)
Historia Civilis · 10:05
which meant that it could just sit back and pick off enemy ships at a distance,