peel away (English, verb)
expansion: peel away (third-person singular simple present peels away, present participle peeling away, simple past and past participle peeled away)
Senses:
glosses: 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).
tags: intransitive
glosses: To become separate through peeling.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To take away from something else.
tags: transitive
glosses: To burn out while accelerating and rapidly depart; to peel off, peel out.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of an automobile or its driver
Forms:
form: peels away
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: peeling away
tags: participle
present
form: peeled away
tags: participle
past
form: peeled away
tags: past