skim off

Verb

Meaning

remove from the surface

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Source: WordNet

cream skim cream off choose remove select withdraw cull skimming get out pull out single out separate out back off creaming

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provide remain continue rise enter stay

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take choose remove select withdraw take away

skim cream from the surface of milk Source: Internet

Discard the solids and skim off the fat from the liquid. Source: Internet

Now skim off any froth from the surface of the jam, and ladle the jam into hot sterilised jars. Source: Internet