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peel off
(redirected from peel off from)

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peel something off (of) (something) and peel something off from something
to remove the outside surface layer from something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) She carefully peeled the skin off the apple. She peeled off the apple's skin.
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peel off (of) (something)

[for a surface layer] to come loose and fall away from something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The paint is beginning to peel off the garage. The paint is peeling off.
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peel off also peel away
to move away quickly The first of three attack jets suddenly peeled off to the right.
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