as in removed
to rid oneself of (a garment)
peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod
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as in exited
to leave a place often for another
it's rude to peel off like that without thanking your host
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Recent Examples of peeled (off)
Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Preservationists, the town and the property owner appear to have been at a stalemate since 2018, and walls are now covered in invasive vines, windows are broken out, gutters are dangling and paint has peeled off windowsills.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Chisholm peeled off three $100 bills.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
That animal was slashed and bitten all over the body, and pieces of hide as big as a man’s hand had been peeled off.
—Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
Photos circulating across social media show that more than half of the mural had peeled off the walls.
—Eric Guzmán, Freep.com, 25 Mar. 2026
As a result, newer Jewish immigrants have peeled off from Jüdische Stimme.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
One very funny snippet has Elvis giving a sweet peck on the cheek to a little girl at the lip of the stage followed by what appears to be her big sister latching her lips onto him like a mollusk before being peeled off by her mother.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
But as Wilson handed off to wrecking ball Marshawn Lynch, Hightower peeled off left tackle Russell Okung’s block and took down Lynch — with his bad arm — at the 1-yard line.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
According to Nadar, Balzac believed that a photograph was a material remnant of that which had been photographed, the resulting image akin to a spectral skin peeled off its subject.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Preservationists, the town and the property owner appear to have been at a stalemate since 2018, and walls are now covered in invasive vines, windows are broken out, gutters are dangling and paint has peeled off windowsills.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Chisholm peeled off three $100 bills.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
That animal was slashed and bitten all over the body, and pieces of hide as big as a man’s hand had been peeled off.
—Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
Photos circulating across social media show that more than half of the mural had peeled off the walls.
—Eric Guzmán, Freep.com, 25 Mar. 2026
As a result, newer Jewish immigrants have peeled off from Jüdische Stimme.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
One very funny snippet has Elvis giving a sweet peck on the cheek to a little girl at the lip of the stage followed by what appears to be her big sister latching her lips onto him like a mollusk before being peeled off by her mother.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
But as Wilson handed off to wrecking ball Marshawn Lynch, Hightower peeled off left tackle Russell Okung’s block and took down Lynch — with his bad arm — at the 1-yard line.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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“Peeled (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeled%20%28off%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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