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pick-off
[ pik-awf, -of ]
noun
- Baseball. a play in which a base runner, caught off base, is tagged out by an infielder on a quick throw, usually from the pitcher or catcher.
- Electronics. a mechanism that senses mechanical motion and produces a corresponding electric signal.
pick off
verb
- tr, adverb to aim at and shoot one by one
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pick-off1
Idioms and Phrases
Shoot after singling out, as in The hunter picked off the ducks one by one . [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
Yamamoto misfired on a pick-off throw to third that allowed Trea Turner to score.
He dove into scouting reports with first base coach Clayton McCullough on opposing pitchers鈥 timing and pick-off tendencies, coupling a cerebral component with his explosive raw foot speed.
Because of Ohtani鈥檚 bruise 鈥 which he sustained by getting hit with a pick-off throw last week 鈥 the Dodgers didn鈥檛 want him to have to get loose twice in one day.
Other times it鈥檚 on a failed pick-off attempt from the opposing pitcher throwing to first base.
鈥淲e just have to be better,鈥 Roberts said, noting more pitch-outs and pick-off attempts might be necessary, too.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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