as in removing
to rid oneself of (a garment)
peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod
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as in exiting
to leave a place often for another
it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host
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Recent Examples of peeling (off)
Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In which case, Kim’s group has a second method for peeling off individual atom-thick monolayers.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Oct. 2018
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Bricks look weathered and soot-stained, there’s graffiti on the walls, posters are peeling off them and shadows of moving people are even projected onto the windows of the train in the station.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In which case, Kim’s group has a second method for peeling off individual atom-thick monolayers.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Oct. 2018
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“Peeling (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeling%20%28off%29. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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