A verb of physical affect which depicts part of a larger object being removed or separated from that object can take a PP introduced by off or from, indicating the identity of the the larger object. With some verbs, e.g. peel, use of this frame can be regarded as a genuine alternation; compare He peeled the orange vs. He peeled the skin off the orange.
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