flake off

Other forms: flaked off; flaking off; flakes off

Definitions of flake off
  1. verb
    come off in flakes or thin small pieces
    synonyms: flake, peel, peel off
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    type of:
    break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off
    break off (a piece from a whole)
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