skim off

skim off

vb

(tr, adverb) to take the best part of the teacher skimmed off the able pupils for his class

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	skim off - remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" cream off, cream, skim remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
	2.	skim off - pick the best cream off choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

Translations

? skim off

vt sep → abschöpfen; (fig) → absahnen; to skim the cream off the milk → die Milch entrahmen; to skim the cream off something (fig) → Geld von etw absahnen (inf)