skim off

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skim off

verb skims off · skimming off · skimmed off

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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@misc{skim_off_2026,
  title = {skim off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skim%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}