plane away

plane away

To grind, erode, or shave something until it has been totally removed (from something), leaving a smooth surface behind. Originally reserved for references to the carpenter's tool known as a "plane," the phrase is often applied to anything that has a smoothing or erosive force. A noun or pronoun can be used between "plane" and "away." This is just a rough cut of the timber—I still need to plane the imperfections away. The harsh weather planed away the names of those buried in the cemetery from their headstones.
See also: away, plane
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

plane something away

to smooth off bumps or irregularities with a plane. Please plane the bumps away so that the board is perfectly smooth. Sam planed away the bumps.
See also: away, plane
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • plane
  • plane off
  • plane down
  • grind up
  • grind (something) into (something)
  • grind into
  • eaten
  • shave off
  • shaving
  • ground out
References in periodicals archive
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It also has a good jamming-resistant capacity that keeps the plane away from enemy's electronic interference.'
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By Nick Lavigueur Reporter nick@examiner.co.uk A PILOT steered his plane away from Huddersfield golfers before crashing.
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Karen Miles-Holdaway, 48, said: "The pilot took the plane away from the houses.
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We landed and put the plane away. Over a couple of beers we joked about such a friendly controller, such empty skies, and why were we so worried about any congestion.
On the air
The paper quoted one of the passengers on the Airbus 340 plane, due to make a flight from the Nigerian city to Istanbul, as saying only a quick decision by officials to hurriedly tow the plane away from the burning truck saved it from being incinerated.
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told Fox News that the rebels had used chainsaws to dismantle the nose cone and front sections of the Boeing 777 and had carted some pieces of the plane away."
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Duterte told reporters she wanted to find out when the managements of airport and Cebu Pacific would actually tow the plane away as it has been causing flight cancellations since Sunday.
Cebu Pacific plane still stuck at end of Davao runway