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pick off

To intercept, such as a ball in flight.
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But the World Cup winning veteran's left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'pick off':

pick offTo remove by picking.
pick offTo shoot one by one.
pick offTo dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. one by one.
pick offTo throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.
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