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

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

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Israel’s successful regional military campaign also means the United States can peel off old Iranian surrogates like Lebanon and Syria. —A. Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025

If a driver or roller gets past his man, as James did with DiVincenzo, the guy guarding the corner (in this case, Gobert) sinks into the lane as the player lagging (DiVincenzo) peels off to the open man. —Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 May 2025

Remove 1 dough sheet from refrigerator; peel off top sheet of parchment paper. —Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 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