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peel off

peel off verb: to separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.

Verb

peel off (third-person singular simple present peels off, present participle peeling off, simple past and past participle peeled off)

  1. (intransitive) To separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.
  2. (transitive) To remove (an outer layer or covering, such as clothing).
  3. (intransitive) To drive away, especially at a fast speed; to peel rubber.

peel off meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Sinhala

peel off in Tamil

உதிர், சொலி

peel off in Urdu

جھڑنا

peel off in Sinhala

to peel off
ඉගිලෙනවා igilenawā

Forms of peel off

third-person singular presentpeels off
present participlepeeling off
past participlepeeled off
pastpeeled off

Questions about peel off

What does peel off mean?
Peel off means to separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession.
What is peel off in Tamil?
Peel off in Tamil is உதிர், சொலி. See Peel off meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is peel off?
Peel off is a verb.
What is the past tense of peel off?
The past tense of peel off is peeled off.

Words near peel off in the dictionary

  1. peel
  2. peel away
  3. peel back the onion
  4. Peel en Maas
  5. peel me a grape
  6. peel off
  7. peel out
  8. Peel Region
  9. peel rubber
  10. peel strength
  11. peel strengths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peel off (page history and authors); peel off (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peel off (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ඉගිලෙනවා (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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