peels (off) 1 of 2

verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of peel (off)
as in removes
to rid oneself of (a garment) peeled off the wet clothes and tossed them over the shower rod

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peels off

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of peel off
as in exits
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 peels (off)
Verb
Bill Ackman peels off his suit jacket in the afternoon sunshine, and hands it to a chauffeur parked outside his office in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026 Octavia Spencer immediately peels off her jacket after entering the room and realizing there are no cameras present for our interview. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 As soon as his man peels off to help at the rim after penetration, Kessler goes straight to the rim and is ready to catch and finish. — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 2 July 2026 At a junction where a dirt road peels off the highway near the mining town of Hitsats, in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a young man named Filimon Guesh pushed his way to the front of a crowd of protesters. — Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026 For people managing diabetes or tracking metabolic health, a CGM that peels off in the shower, slides loose during a workout or catches on a doorframe means lost data, gaps in glucose readings and an expensive replacement. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026 The Bioré® Paint & Peel Pimple Patch solves this problem with its innovative formula that goes on like a liquid spot treatment and peels off like a pimple patch. — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 20 Feb. 2026 The impressive North American tree, thriving in growing zones 4 through 8, is renowned for its unique gray bark that peels off in shaggy plates. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026 Manucurist even has its own safe gel polish that doesn’t contain harmful chemicals and peels off easily without acetone. — Melony Forcier, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peels (off)
  1. removes
  2. exits
  3. shrugs off
  4. moves
  5. departs
  6. goes
  7. walks out
  8. gets
Verb
  • Sunday says the victims should feel satisfied that this plea removes the possibility that Vereb could be found not guilty by a jury.
    — Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Internet Archive removes recordings from the site when musicians ask, but hasn’t sought advance permission to share the music online.
    — Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of removes
Verb
  • Afternoon temperatures will tumble from the lower 80s back into the 40s and 50s overnight with breezy winds, as the rain slowly exits during the overnight hours.
    — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Another customer who was standing in between the singer and employee at the register during the showdown appears to look around in disbelief at what just happened after the hitmaker exits.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of exits
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  • Wrapped in a tough, drop-proof fabric shell that floats and shrugs off water, it is engineered to survive real-world chaos.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Turkey’s government insists its courts are independent as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shrugs off European rulings, a stance that has already fueled a diplomatic clash with Western ambassadors over Kavala’s detention.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of shrugs off
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  • Frequent gusts of 30 to 40 mph are possible once the front moves through the Chesapeake Bay and inland eastern North Carolina.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Other Panthers moves before Eagles Those aren’t the only moves the Panthers made Saturday.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of moves
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  • At the root of these changes is Dhillon's vision of the Civil Rights Division and its mission that dramatically departs from tradition.
    — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The ending, which substantially departs from Malerman’s novel, offers a richer choice than the source material.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of departs
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  • In Whalefall, written and directed by Brian Duffield, Jay (Abrams) goes diving in the Pacific Ocean to find the remains of his late father Mitt (Josh Brolin), who took his own life a year before amid a terminal illness.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Based on Greaves’ short story, One Night Out centers on a married couple who head out to enjoy a rare date night when their babysitter goes missing.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of goes
Verb
  • Lisa walks in with everyone’s orders and walks out with three giant bags of fast-food goodness.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Raman allies engage in trash talk A woman walks out of her home carrying a full garbage bag, then starts venting about the high cost of trash pickup.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of walks out
Verb
  • The simple industrial design gets a neat little accent in the form of a physical knob for adjusting playback, track navigation, and volume.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • This part of South America often gets heavy rain during El Niño, a natural climate phenomenon in which warmer-than-usual waters in the Pacific Ocean scramble weather patterns around the world.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of gets

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