SLOUGH (SOMETHING) OFF


Meaning of SLOUGH (SOMETHING) OFF in English

slough something ↔ off phrasal verb ( see also ↑ slough )

1 . technical to get rid of a dead layer of skin

2 . literary to get rid of something, especially something that is damaging you:

The president wanted to slough off the country’s bad image.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.