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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of peel (off)
as in removes
to rid oneself of (a garment) peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod

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peels off

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of peel off
as in exits
to leave a place often for another it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host

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Recent Examples of peels (off)
Verb
Bill Ackman peels off his suit jacket in the afternoon sunshine, and hands it to a chauffeur parked outside his office in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026 Octavia Spencer immediately peels off her jacket after entering the room and realizing there are no cameras present for our interview. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 As soon as his man peels off to help at the rim after penetration, Kessler goes straight to the rim and is ready to catch and finish. — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 July 2026 At a junction where a dirt road peels off the highway near the mining town of Hitsats, in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a young man named Filimon Guesh pushed his way to the front of a crowd of protesters. — Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026 For people managing diabetes or tracking metabolic health, a CGM that peels off in the shower, slides loose during a workout or catches on a doorframe means lost data, gaps in glucose readings and an expensive replacement. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026 The Bioré® Paint & Peel Pimple Patch solves this problem with its innovative formula that goes on like a liquid spot treatment and peels off like a pimple patch. — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 20 Feb. 2026 The impressive North American tree, thriving in growing zones 4 through 8, is renowned for its unique gray bark that peels off in shaggy plates. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026 Manucurist even has its own safe gel polish that doesn’t contain harmful chemicals and peels off easily without acetone. — Melony Forcier, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peels (off)
  1. removes
  2. exits
  3. shrugs off
  4. moves
  5. departs
  6. goes
  7. walks out
  8. gets
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  • Therefore, the researchers' anode not only removes a toxic contaminant but also reduces the energy needed to produce hydrogen at the cathode, increasing the system's overall hydrogen-production efficiency.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Endurance testing Heating the material triggers a chemical reaction that removes loose chlorine ions and forms strong bonds between indium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of removes
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  • Afternoon temperatures will tumble from the lower 80s back into the 40s and 50s overnight with breezy winds, as the rain slowly exits during the overnight hours.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Another customer who was standing in between the singer and employee at the register during the showdown appears to look around in disbelief at what just happened after the hitmaker exits.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of exits
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  • Wrapped in a tough, drop-proof fabric shell that floats and shrugs off water, it is engineered to survive real-world chaos.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Turkey’s government insists its courts are independent as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shrugs off European rulings, a stance that has already fueled a diplomatic clash with Western ambassadors over Kavala’s detention.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of shrugs off
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  • As part of its process, the powered gimbal moves the image around in the general direction the projector's already facing, stopping the movement several times in the process before continuing, and adjusting the image size several times as well.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Flight testing moves forward L3Harris has reached the second phase of the Army’s Xtended Range Counter-sUAS Missile program.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of moves
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  • Guests who don’t fancy a hike can take the cable car, which departs from the hotel and goes straight to the Alpe di Siusi viewpoint.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Patterson departs after missing two of his nine field goal attempts and one of his nine extra point attempts this season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of departs
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  • According to Tarantino, however, the reference goes way deeper.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Bel glows with a kind of rude Californian health and goes once a week for chiropractic adjustments, including of her jaw.
    — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of goes
Verb
  • Lisa walks in with everyone’s orders and walks out with three giant bags of fast-food goodness.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Raman allies engage in trash talk A woman walks out of her home carrying a full garbage bag, then starts venting about the high cost of trash pickup.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of walks out
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  • The Archimedes screw gets a molecular makeover The researchers took inspiration from the Archimedes’ screw, an ancient device with a helical blade inside a cylinder that lifts water (or solids) when rotated.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The driver gets a 24-inch OLED screen, and there’s a smaller 7-inch infotainment screen in the centre.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of gets

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