peel

Definition

  • verb: to remove the skin from (a fruit, vegetable, etc.)
  • verb: to strip off an outer layer of
  • often + 'from'
  • synonyms: keep, plunder, pillage

Examples

  • ('informal') Guests 'peeled off' [='took off'] their wet coats by the door.

  • We 'kept our eyes peeled' for a sign that would tell us where to turn.

  • One of the jets 'peeled off' from the formation and headed back.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Spider-Man. Tell him to meet me at the Westside Tower at . I don't know where he is. Find him. Or I'll peel the flesh off her bones. If you lay one finger on her... You'll do what? Still no word on the whereabouts of your son's fiancee. Sorry, Jonah. (..)
    2004 Spider-Man 2