off
to take sth away, usually the best people or things or an amount of money, in order to get an advantage for yourself :
The best students were creamed off by the grammar schools.
off
to take sth away, usually the best people or things or an amount of money, in order to get an advantage for yourself :
The best students were creamed off by the grammar schools.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005