Word Study
flake off
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb flake off has 1 sense
- flake off(v = verb.contact) flake, peel, peel off - come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" is one way to break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off
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THESAURUS
flake off
be off, beat it, begone, clear out, desquamate, exfoliate, flake, get, get going, get lost, get out, git, hit the road, make yourself scarce, peel, scale, scale off, scram, shove off, vamoose
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