trim something away
trim something off

Yet, to give fair credit, within a month two-thirds had trimmed away.

Any excess cane along the line where the edges join is trimmed away.

Before cooking meat, trim away as much fat as possible.

There was a place where the track passed briefly into a grove of old pines, whose lower branches had been trimmed away.

The Mets, who saw their losing streak climb to three, trimmed away at the lead.

Once the smaller limbs were trimmed away, her dagger dug into the bark.

Trim away and discard the leaves of the cauliflower.

Positive curvature of edges can be trimmed away, if necessary, to give straight edges in plan.

Trim away the icing from the carved hole and excess from around the base.

Weight was shaved back further and further until parts failed in the attempt to work out how much excess bulk could be trimmed away.