skim off the top
Example Sentences
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A dip in what Apple and Google skim off the top of sales might still remake the app store experience, at least when it comes to what we see on the shelves there.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2023
“They’d skim off the top, and they weren’t able to do that frequently with him.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2011
Absenteeism is down because police officers do not have to go home to give their families money, and pay has risen about 30 percent now that supervisors cannot skim off the top, Mr. Singh said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2010
Remove the pan, and skim off the top, then place on the fire again until the scum rises again.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
