pick off

as in to intercept
to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course picked off more passes than any other player in the division

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Recent Examples on the Web When/where: 7 p.m. Friday at Ray Patterson Stadium Last meeting: Thompson Valley 21, at Mountain View 14, Oct. 13, 2023 Thompson Valley already picked off one cross-town rival earlier this season, beating Loveland 20-0 in Week 4. Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2024 Things then took another turn for the worse for Jacksonville as Lawrence was picked off by Josh Blackwell on his team’s first possession of the final period. Sam Joseph, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024 Surtain picked off O’Connell, too, tipping a fourth-quarter pass to himself. Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024 Rohan Nadkarni Facing a blitz and pressure in his face, Derek Carr threw deep over the middle of the field off his back foot and was picked off! Andrew Greif, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pick off 

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“Pick off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pick%20off. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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