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

Simply peel off the edges and toss it. —Tory Johnson, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026

That animal was slashed and bitten all over the body, and pieces of hide as big as a man’s hand had been peeled off. —Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026

Newsletter and creator startup Beehiiv is making a push into podcasting, and wants to peel off talent from Substack and Patreon. —Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026

Researchers at Austria's Graz University of Technology explored this wild idea while thinking about ways to prevent layers of wood veneers from peeling off each other when they were forced apart with regular use. —Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 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