| VERB | social | pick off | shoot one by one |
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| contact | pick off, pluck, tweak, pull off | pull or pull out sharply |
| Meaning | Shoot one by one. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | shoot, pip | kill by firing a missile |
| Meaning | Pull or pull out sharply. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | pluck, tweak, pull off | |
| Entailed by | harp | Play the harp |
| Narrower | tweeze | pluck with tweezers |
| Broader | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
| See also | pick | look for and gather |
| Similar to | draw off, draw away, pull off | Remove by drawing or pulling |
| Spanish | arrancar, desplumar, jalar, pelar, pelliscar, sacar | |
| Catalan | arrancar, arrencar, pelar, plomar | |
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