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Skim off   /skɪm ɔf/   Listen
Skim off

verb
1.
Remove from the surface.  Synonyms: cream, cream off, skim.
2.
Pick the best.  Synonym: cream off.






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"Skim off" Quotes from Famous Books



... entered the prison the ration was fair in quantity. We had from twelve to sixteen ounces of corn-bread, and from two to four ounces of beef or a cup of pea-soup, but never beef and soup the same day. True, the soup would have an abundance of worms floating about in it, but these we would skim off, and trying to forget we had seen them, eat with a relish. Hunger will drive one to eat almost anything, as we learned from bitter experience. About the 1st of November the soup and beef ration began ...
— The Black Phalanx - African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the - War of 1812, and the Civil War • Joseph T. Wilson



Words linked to "Skim off" :   select, cream off, take, cream, withdraw, pick out, choose, take away, remove



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