peel off
• remove a thin outer covering or layer.
• "I peeled off the tissue paper"
• remove an item of clothing.
• "Suzy peeled off her white pullover"
Similar:
take off,
strip off,
cast off,
remove,
discard,
throw off,
doff,
divest oneself of,
• leave a formation or group by veering away.
• "the pace was much too hot for Beris, and he peeled off after five laps"
