Meanings
present singular third person skims off · participle present skimming off · participle past skimmed off · past 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.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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skim off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skim%20off
“skim off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skim%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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