cream off

listen to the pronunciation of cream off
English - Turkish
krem off
English - English
1. remove from the surface; skim, skim off, cream2. pick the best, skim off
disapproval If a person or organization creams off a large amount of money, they take it and use it for themselves. This means smaller banks can cream off big profits during lending booms
remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
disapproval To cream off part of a group of people means to take them away and treat them in a special way, because they are better than the others. The private schools cream off many of the best pupils
pick the best
skim the cream off the milk
remove the cream from the top of the milk
cream off

    Turkish pronunciation

    krim ôf

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkrēm ˈôf/ /ˈkriːm ˈɔːf/

    Etymology

    [ 'krEm ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English creime, creme, from Middle French craime, cresme, from Late Latin cramum, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cramen scab, crust.
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