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slough something off
phrasal verb with sloughverb[ T ]uk /slʌf/ us /slʌf/
literary
to get rid of something or someone unwanted: 除去，摆脱
He seemed to want to slough off all his old acquaintances.他似乎想摆脱所有的熟人。
biology
When snakes and other reptiles slough off their skin, they get rid of an old, dead layer of skin.（蛇及其他爬行动物）蜕（皮），脱（皮）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Removing and getting rid of things
abandonment
banish
be scattered to the four windsidiom
bin
cast someone/something aside/away/off
dumping
eradication
eradication of something
erase
erasure
evacuate
evacuate someone from something
shed
shedding
shoo
shrug
shrug something off
sling
toss
turf
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Animal (non-human) behaviour
slough off something | American Dictionary
slough off something
phrasal verb with sloughverbus/ˈslʌf ˈɔf/
to get rid of something, esp. a skin or shell
If you slough something off, you treat it as unimportant or do not take it seriously:
Politicians sloughed off the issue.
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