skim off

verb

Definitions

  1. To separate (the best part of something from the remainder).

    • There was also the influx of a third of a million road lorries, sold at giveaway prices after their war roles ceased and used by competing one-man businesses to skim off sundry agricultural freight.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for skim off. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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