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
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Example Sentences
it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod
Word History
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1