pick off

Before you recycle the bottle you need to pick off the label.

The sniper picked off the incoming police one at a time.

The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.

But the World Cup winning veteran's left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.