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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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