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Meaning of skim off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Polski garnąć pod siebie podbierać podebrać zagarnąć zagarnąć pod siebie zagarniać
Türkçe sıyırmak

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

skim through skim-coat skim-coated skim-coating skim-coats skim-read

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