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Meanings of flake off in English

Come off in flakes or thin small pieces.

Usage of flake off in English
1
Any frescoes were good when they started to peel and flake off.
A Farewell to Arms
2
I glanced up, cringing, expecting to see plaster flake off the ceiling.
Seraphina
3
They flake off, taking the metal with them, so the surface just dissolves away.
Climbing Magazine
4
We were two or three pitches up when he pulled a man-sized flake off.
Climbing Magazine
5
Ali's skin had begun to flake off in thick curls.
Wanted
6
Christ, the big one makes paint flake off the walls.
Mortal Allies
7
Wasn't it some special type of rock, something that would flake off in sharp edges?
Brian's winter
8
The emulsion should flake off to reveal your image.
Wired
9
LITtney and The Pie King just flake off, like the crust on a service station pie.
News.com.au
10
His skin folds and unfolds and with each slow, careful movement, bits of mud flake off.
The Irish Times
11
If I scratched myself, pieces would flake off.
Blind willow, sleeping woman
12
The paint will bubble up and start to flake off, creating an interesting and rather textural finish.
The Guardian
13
He replaced it with a pipe, and prepared to flake off its filling from a plug of tobacco.
The Man in the Twilight
14
You would have needed a pick-ax or a crowbar to flake off even a tiny speck of her.
Laddie: A True Blue Story
15
They were disposed to flake off.
Three Times and Out / Told by Private Simmons, Written by Nellie...
16
A deficiency can lead to dry, dull, lifeless hair, and dry skin, which can flake off into dandruff.
Joy bauer's food cures
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