To discard or reject something.
To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.
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).