peel away
verb- To separate off from the main body; to move off to one side (as in troop movements on a parade ground or in an organized retreat, or columns in a procession).
- To become separate through peeling. · All the paint had peeled away.
- To take away from something else.
- To burn out while accelerating and rapidly depart; to peel off, peel out.
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