picked off; picking off; picks off
1
: to shoot or bring down especially one by one
2
: to put out (a base runner who is off base) with a quick throw (as from the pitcher or catcher)
3
: intercept
picked off a pass
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Examples of pickoff in a Sentence
Noun
He made a pickoff throw to third base.
Verb
picked off more passes than any other player in the division
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2024
Recent rule changes have aided Ohtani in his 50/50 quest, regarding steals in particular, including larger bases and limiting the pitcher to three pickoff throws to first base.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2024
Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Musk’s political activism, including his public spats with California officials, has already presented an opportunity to companies like Rivian to pick off disgruntled progressive customers.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Just things started speeding up and didn’t even see the clock there or even the pickoff at second base.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2024
Recent rule changes have aided Ohtani in his 50/50 quest, regarding steals in particular, including larger bases and limiting the pitcher to three pickoff throws to first base.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2024
Verb
Three plays after a C.J. Stroud interception, Jared Goff was picked off — his fourth pick of the night!
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Musk’s political activism, including his public spats with California officials, has already presented an opportunity to companies like Rivian to pick off disgruntled progressive customers.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Pickoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pickoff. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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