"skin back" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: skins back [present, singular, third-person], skinning back [participle, present], skinned back [participle, past], skinned back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} skin back (third-person singular simple present skins back, present participle skinning back, simple past and past participle skinned back)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) Retract (an envelope of skin or flesh, or an analogous protective sheath). Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-skin_back-en-verb-7qKGG8Y5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1963 December, Morton J. Schultz, “Keep the Power in Power Steering” in Popular Mechanics (Popular Mechanics Company), ed. Don Dinwiddie, volume 120, № 6, page 168",
          "text": "Check piston rod for scoring by skinning back protective rubber boot."
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          "ref": "1969, Gerald J. Grantz, Home Book of Taxidermy and Tanning (Stackpole Books), chapter 4: “Mounting Birds”, pages 65–66",
          "text": "Proceed rearward from the incision at the anus, cutting the anal canal just above the opening and skinning back to the point just forward of the tail quills."
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          "ref": "2006, Mark Wildyr, “Survivor”, in John Patrick, John Butler, editors, Wild + Willing, STARbooks Press, page 243",
          "text": "“I’ve never touched a man before,” Kyle whispered, skinning back the foreskin.",
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          "ref": "2010, Billie Sue Mosiman, chapter 19, in Gold Rush Dream, self-published",
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          "text": "Check piston rod for scoring by skinning back protective rubber boot."
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          "ref": "1969, Gerald J. Grantz, Home Book of Taxidermy and Tanning (Stackpole Books), chapter 4: “Mounting Birds”, pages 65–66",
          "text": "Proceed rearward from the incision at the anus, cutting the anal canal just above the opening and skinning back to the point just forward of the tail quills."
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          "ref": "2006, Mark Wildyr, “Survivor”, in John Patrick, John Butler, editors, Wild + Willing, STARbooks Press, page 243",
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