flake off of (something)

flake off of (something)

1. To fall from something in small bits or pieces. Ugh, look at all the glitter that's flaked off of my birthday cards.

2. To cause something to fall from something else in small bits or pieces. Hey, stop touching the wall—you're flaking the paint off of it!

See also: flake, of, off

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

flake something off of something

 and flake something off

to make bits or flakes break off from the whole. The sculptor flaked bits of stone off the block, but you could not yet see what the block was going to become. She flaked off a little more.

See also: flake, of, off

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.