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Verb peel off has 5 senses

peel off - peel off the outer layer of something
--₁ is one way to skin, peel, pare
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Somebody ----s something
peel off - take off, as with some difficulty; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt"
--₂ is one way to take off
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Somebody ----s something
peel off - leave a formation
--₃ is one way to swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
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Something ----s
peel off, peel, flake off, flake - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
--₄ is one way to chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
desquamate, peel off - peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates"
--₅ is one way to shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough
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Something ----s