From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcream somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb especially British EnglishBESTto choose the best people or things from a group, especially so that you can use them for your own advantage The best students are creamed off by the large companies. → cream→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
cream off• Treatments would include keeping the area clean and dry, moisturisers such as E45 cream can ease off drying and scaling. 