Usually means: Remove top layer from liquid.
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  1. skim off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. skim off: Merriam-Webster
  3. skim off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. skim off: Vocabulary.com
  5. skim off: Wiktionary
  6. skim off: Dictionary.com
  7. skim off: Rhymezone
  8. skim off: FreeDictionary.org
  9. skim off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. skim off: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. skim off: Encyclopedia

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  1. skim off: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (skim off)

▸ verb:  To separate (the best part of something from the remainder).

Similar:
skim, cream off, cream, filter out, part, overskim, strip down, separate the wheat from the chaff, fleet, sift out, more...

Opposite:
add, pour, deposit, fill, load

Types:
skimming, fleecing, defalcation, embezzlement, more...

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Similar:
skim, cream off, cream, filter out, part, overskim, strip down, separate the wheat from the chaff, fleet, sift out, more...

Opposite:
add, pour, deposit, fill, load

Types:
skimming, fleecing, defalcation, embezzlement, more...



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