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peel off

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peel off
to move away quickly. The first of three attack jets suddenly peeled off to the right.
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He grasped the hatchet quickly to peel off the bark and shape the wood.
"Look here, Skinny Philander," he said, in belligerent tones, "if you are lookin' for a scrap, peel off your coat and come on down on the ground, and I'll punch your head just as I did sixty years ago in the alley back of Porky Evans' barn.
The more we peeled, the more peel there seemed to be left on; by the time we had got all the peel off and all the eyes out, there was no potato left - at least none worth speaking of.
 
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