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peel out

peel out verb: to start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.

Verb

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

  1. (US, idiomatic) To start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.

Forms of peel out

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

Questions about peel out

What does peel out mean?
Peel out means to start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.
What part of speech is peel out?
Peel out is a verb.
What is the past tense of peel out?
The past tense of peel out is peeled out.

Words near peel out in the dictionary

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

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