Usually means: Remove outer layer or covering.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (peel away)

verb:  (intransitive) To separate off from the main body; to move off to one side (as in troop movements on a parade ground or in an organized retreat, or columns in a procession).
verb:  (intransitive) To become separate through peeling.
verb:  (transitive) To take away from something else.
verb:  (intransitive, of an automobile or its driver) To burn out while accelerating and rapidly depart; to peel off, peel out.

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