peel-off

[ peel-awf, -of ]

adjective
  1. designed to be peeled off from a backing or large sheet, usually of paper, before use; readied for use by peeling off: peel-off labels.

Origin of peel-off

1
First recorded in 1935–40; adj. use of verb phrase peel off

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How to use peel-off in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for peel off

peel off

verb(adverb)
  1. to remove or be removed by peeling

  2. (intr) slang to undress

  1. (intr) (of an aircraft) to turn away as by banking, and leave a formation

  2. slang to go away or cause to go away

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Other Idioms and Phrases with peel-off

peel-off

Remove an outer layer of skin, bark, paint, or the like; also, come off in thin strips or pieces. For example, Peeling off birch bark can kill the tree, or Paint was peeling off the walls. [Late 1500s]

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