tweak (something) off of (something)

tweak (something) off of (something)

To pluck, pinch, or twist something sharply in order to remove it from something else. She tweaked the back panel off of the gadget to get a look at its circuits. I went over and tweaked the dead heads off of the rose bush. He tweaked a grey hair off of my head.
See also: of, off, tweak
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • a necessary evil
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a whack at (something)
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • all for the best
  • a thing of the past