scrape off
Example Sentences
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Swenson said the corps will also scrape off the top six inches of contaminated soil from the burn area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
When born, baby caecilians — legless amphibians that look like a mash-up of a snake and a worm — use their tiny hook-shaped teeth to scrape off their mother’s skin and feast.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
As of today we know that a whole lot of people eventually came before the committee and shaved off the thinnest slice of patriotism they could scrape off from the big fat duty-to-country ham.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2022
Gently scrub the coils to scrape off anything that's crusted-on; it should flake off onto the newspaper.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2022
The manager wouldn't give me a new name tag unless I paid for it, so I had to peel off the last four stickers and scrape off all the gum.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
