peel off

verb

peeled off; peeling off; peels off

intransitive verb

1

: to veer away from an airplane formation especially for diving or landing

2

: depart, leave

Synonyms

• bail
• bail out
• begone
• book [slang]
• bug off
• bug out
• bugger off [British slang]
• buzz (off)
• clear off [chiefly British]
• clear out
• cut out
• depart
• dig out
• exit
• get
• get off
• go
• go off
• move
• pack (up or off)
• part
• pike (out or off)
• pull out
• push off
• push on
• quit
• run along
• sally (forth)
• scarper [British]
• shove (off)
• step (along)
• take off
• vamoose
• walk out

Examples of peel off in a Sentence

it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host

peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod

Recent Examples on the Web

After a few days, your dead skin begins to peel off to reveal baby-soft skin. —Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024

Also threatening to peel off voters from Biden are left-leaning activist Cornel West, who is running as an independent, and Stein, who like 2016 is running as the Green Party's nominee. —Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024

First the star Knicks’ guard waved off a Hartenstein screen and instructed the seven-foot big man to peel off to the left. —Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2024

In such a race, DeSantis could hope to peel off some of Trump’s conservative backers while winning the backing of almost all those who dislike the former president. —Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1