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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
Word History and Origins
Origin of pick off1
Idioms and Phrases
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’ timing and pick-off tendencies, coupling a cerebral component with his explosive raw foot speed.
Because of Ohtani’s bruise — which he sustained by getting hit with a pick-off throw last week — the Dodgers didn’t want him to have to get loose twice in one day.
Other times it’s on a failed pick-off attempt from the opposing pitcher throwing to first base.
“We just have to be better,” Roberts said, noting more pitch-outs and pick-off attempts might be necessary, too.
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