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

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

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

When the screams faded away, Monica Santana and Maria Lema, who had driven down from Waukegan to scream, peeled off. —Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025

Bark appears to be peeling off some of the branches whilst others seem to be sprouting new shoots. —Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

As part of the work, Fincke peeled off and reapplied the foil tape that shields the cameras from the extreme temperatures of the vacuum of space. —Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025

There were a lot of screws, but they were all separated into individual bags, and each part of the shed was clearly stamped with a part number (hooray for not having to peel off a bunch of stickers). —Clint Davis, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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