meat off
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
Take the meat or flesh off a bone when you are cooking or preparing food.
Literal meaning: To remove meat from a surface — fully transparent.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To remove meat or flesh from a bone or carcass during food preparation.
"Once the chicken had cooled down, she picked all the meat off the bones for the soup."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
This is a very informal, colloquial expression rather than a widely established phrasal verb. It is more commonly heard in kitchen or cooking conversations. Speakers may also say 'get the meat off' or 'take the meat off.' Not standard in formal culinary instruction.
Commonly used with
bone carcass ribs chicken turkey frame
Forms
Base
meat off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
meats off
he/she/it
Past simple
meated off
yesterday
Past participle
meated off
have + pp
-ing form
meating off
continuous
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Synonyms
strip the meat from debone remove the flesh take the meat off
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