āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
pick off
/pËÉĒk ËÉf/
to pick off
[phrase form: pick]
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āĻāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž
to quickly and sharply remove something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Make sure you pick off any damaged fruit from the tree.
āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻ¤ā§ā§āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to target and shoot individuals one after another
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the video game, players often try to pick off opponents one by one.
āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŽā§, āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to deal with challenges, tasks, or opponents one by one
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company picked off its competition through a series of smart acquisitions.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ
āĻ§āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
