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cream something/someone off
phrasal verb with creamverb[ T ]uk /kriːm/ us /kriːm/
to remove the best part of something or the best people in a group and use them for your own advantage: 提取（精华）;选取（最好的人或物）
They had a plan to cream off the brightest kids and put them in separate schools.他们计划挑出最聪明的孩子，把他们送进专门的学校。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
appropriate
bear away
carry someone away
carry something off
collect someone/something from somewhere
debug
drain
drain (something) away
drainage
dredge
expropriate
expropriation
relieve
remove
rob
root something/someone out
rout someone out
seize
shear
sweep
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