To become separate through peeling.
To burn out while accelerating and rapidly depart; to peel off, peel out.
To take away from something else.
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).
To clean by rubbing.
To be transferred with little or no effort.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, off.