peel back

peel something back (from something)

to lift something away from the surface of something. He peeled the sheets back from the bed and got in. He peeled back the sheets and got into the bed.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nellie	NEL-ee	English
Piloqutinnguaq	-	Native American, Greenlandic
ŞUkrİYe	-	Turkish
Liisa	LEE:-sah (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Akio	ah-kee-o	Japanese
DaniËL	DAH-nee-el	Dutch