pare off

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pare something off (of) something and pare something off

to cut something off something.(Of is usually retained before pronouns.) See if you can pare a bit of this extra wood off the edge of the base of this pillar. Pare off some of the wood.

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If you're generally in good shape, but you want to pare off a few pounds to look your best before a big event like a class reunion, one of the best ways to do it is to cleanse your system. Five Healthy Weight Loss Tips by David Hooper / Food/cooking/nutrition community Strip the corn cobs and pare off the niblets with a sharp knife. Smoked pollack chowder by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk With a clean scalpel (available from chemists) pare off thin layers. YOUR LIFE: Kids: ASK DR MIRIAM; CHILDHOOD AILMENTS EXPLAINED by The Mirror (London, England)			pant out paper paper over paper over the cracks paper trail par par excellence par for the course parade parade by parade in front of parade out paradise parcel parcel out parcel up pardon pardon for pardon me Pardon me for breathing! Pardon me for living! Pardon my French Pardon my French! pare pare down pare off park park it Parkinson's law parlay into parley with parrot parrot-fashion part part and parcel part company part from part hair part over part with partake partake in partake of parted partial to partially sighted participate particular particulars parting parting of the ways			pardons pardons pardons pardons Pardos Pardos PARDS PARDS Pardubice Pardubice Pardubice, Czech Reopublic Pardubice, Czech Reopublic Pardubitz Pardubitz Pardue, Mary Lou pare pare pare pare pare pare Paré Paré Paré Paré Paré pare back pare down pare down pare down pare off pare to the bone pare to the bone pare to the bone Pare, Ambroise Paré, Ambroise PAREB PAREC parecclesion Parecis, Serra dos PARECO pared pared pared pared pared to the bone pared to the bone pared to the bone PAREDA Paredes y Arrillaga, Mariano Paredes, Américo Pareeto Saiteki Parege Parege paregmenon paregoric paregoric paregoric paregoric paregoric elixir paregoric elixir

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