scrape off

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scrape off (third-person singular simple present scrapes off, present participle scraping off, simple past and past participle scraped off)

  1. (transitive) To remove something by a scraping action.
    You can scrape the paint off using a sharp blade.
    Scrape off the plates before putting them into the dishwasher.

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  • The object can come before or after the particle. If it is a pronoun, then it must come before the particle.

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