trim away

You can trim off, or simply not eat, visible fat on some cuts, but other cuts have a significant amount of marbling — flecks or streaks of fat within the lean sections of meat — which you obviously can’t trim away.

Photographers bait owls into action shots by tossing them store-bought mice or trim away branches surrounding a nest to get a clearer shot.

Using kitchen shears, trim away the excess dough, leaving about 1/2-inch overhang around the outside edge of the pie plate.

During this time, I gradually trim away the old diseased nail.

Trim away blades that turn brown, and the grass will shoot back to life in spring.