scale off

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You can also gently scrape the scale off branches and stems with a plastic dish scrubber.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Geological Survey data, there were 397 tremors of 5.0 or higher on the Richter scale off or near the east coast of Japan's main island from Mar. 11 through Mar. 23.

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 31, 2011

After a few more boxers weigh in on the thigh-high Detecto scale off to the side of the ring, the M.C. and three judges take their seats at a long table on the bandstand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every conceivable object of Nature and Art will soon scale off its surface for us.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various

It is therefore not apt to scale off and it does not increase the size of the article.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.