"pickoff" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from pick off.",
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        "A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base"
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        "(baseball) A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base"
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        "The rescue of a stranded caver from a rope, returning them to the ground."
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