plane off

plane off

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 "off." This is just a rough cut of the timber—I still need to plane the imperfections off. The harsh weather planed off the names of those buried in the cemetery from their headstones.
See also: off, plane
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

plane something off

to remove bumps, nicks, or scrapes by planing. Plane the rough places off so the surface will be as smooth as possible. Sam planed off the bumps.
See also: off, plane
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • plane
  • plane away
  • plane down
  • grind up
  • grind (something) into (something)
  • grind into
  • eaten
  • shave off
  • shaving
  • ground out
References in periodicals archive
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke in Paris on Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in what was the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since Moscow indirectly blamed Israel for the downing of a Russian military plane off the coast of Syria in September.
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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced earlier in the day that Moscow will supply Syria with S-300 Air Defence Systems as well as automated fire-control systems following the downing of a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane off the Syrian coast on September 17 that killed 15 servicemen.
John Bulpin, from Swansea, was flying his plane off the coast of Port Talbot on Sunday at around 11.30am.
It came after an incident on one event that saw Johnnie Mackay aqua plane off the road due to torrential rain and he and co-driver Steven Hay couldn't get out of the damaged car.
A Royal Wings plane had veered off-course on Sunday morning, leading to the airport's closure to remove the plane off the runway.
Iran has reduced the number of airplanes it plans to buy from Airbus by six amid delays in US regulatory approvals, and may knock one plane off a similar deal for more than 100 with Boeing, an Iranian official told Reuters.