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FLAKE OFF

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Dictionary entry overview: What does flake off mean?

• FLAKE OFF (verb)
The verb FLAKE OFF has 1 sense:

1. come off in flakes or thin small pieces

Familiarity information: FLAKE OFF used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FLAKE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Come off in flakes or thin small pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

flake off; peel; flake; peel off

Context example:

The paint in my house is peeling off

Hypernyms (to "flake off" is one way to...):

break away; break off; chip; chip off; come off (break off (a piece from a whole))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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