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 of peel off

• move
• exit
• depart
• get
• go
• get off
• pull out
• walk out
• push off
• run along
• cut out
• bail out
• go off
• dig out
• push on
• clear off
• clear out
• shove (off)
• evacuate
• escape
• take off
• step (along)
• start

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

Since then, the pool has been plagued with issues, including green algae discoloring large portions of the water and paint peeling off and rising to the pool's surface. —Mike Stunson, USA Today, 24 June 2026

But since the site was restored, its water has been plagued with algae bloom and pieces of the new coating appeared to be peeling off the bottom. —Matthew Daly, Fortune, 24 June 2026

Another contractor was brought in to neutralize the green growth using nanobubble technology, which did cut back some of the green growth, but may have led to the new blue finish peeling off the bottom of the pool. —Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 23 June 2026

After playing a series of news clips explaining that the new coating in the pool is now peeling off. —Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for peel off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff