Definition
To investigate a matter more deeply, usually step by step, each step leading to a new discovery.
Also Said As
- peel back the onion
How People Actually Use It
1: To "work" slowly at getting to something. 2: When dating: talk, get to know each other, and THEN have sex. Antonym: stab it with a paring knife
"Father-son talk: Hun, "Peel the onion" before you try to have sex with her. Dating isn't like a fruit that you can stab with a paring knife. It's more like an onion."
Source: Urban Dictionary