Verb skim off has 2 senses
  1. skim, skim off, cream off, cream - remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
    --1 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. cream off, skim off - pick the best
    --2 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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