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
Bairnsfather	['bɛənz.fa:ðə]
Aleksander	ahl-ek-SAHN-der (Polish)	Polish, Slovene, Albanian, Estonian, Norwegian, Danish
Juris	-	Latvian
Miron (2)	-	Hebrew
Kirabo	-	Eastern African, Ganda
Brook	[bruk]