get rid of vs peel away

get rid of

verb
  • to rid oneself of; dispose (of); to remove; to abolish; to lose 

peel away

verb
  • To take away from something else. 

  • To burn out while accelerating and rapidly depart; to peel off, peel out. 

  • To become separate through peeling. 

  • 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). 

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