peel off phrasal verb (see also peel)

1. peel something ↔ off to take your clothes off:
Tom peeled off his wet T-shirt and shorts.

2. peel off $20/£50 etc informal to take a piece of paper money from the top of a pile of paper money:
Manville peeled off a 20, and pressed it into the man’s hand.

3. to leave a moving group of vehicles, aircraft etc and go in a different direction:
Two motorcycles peeled off from the line.

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peel off
to move away quickly.
The first of three attack jets suddenly peeled off to the right.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

peel off
v. To dive away from a group of airplanes in a flight formation; bring one plane down from a group.
As the group neared the home base, pilot after pilot peeled off for a landing.

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