peel
verb (used with object)
to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc..
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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Of course the asbestos cover will have peeled off her boilers, but even at that I'll bring her to San Francisco under her own steam.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne