peel off

Verb

• peel off in scales
  • dry skin desquamates
    

• come off in flakes or thin small pieces
  • The paint in my house is peeling off
    

• leave a formation

• take off, as with some difficulty
  • He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt
    

• peel off the outer layer of something

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  desquamate , peel , flake off , flake