strip off

strip off
a) To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.

Strip off thy garments; Neptunes fury brave /With naked strength, and plunge into the wave.

b) To remove all of ones clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).

We cut down pine trees and then had to strip off all the bark.


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  • strip off — (informal) To take one s clothes off • • • Main Entry: ↑strip …   Useful english dictionary

  • strip off — phrasal verb Word forms strip off : present tense I/you/we/they strip off he/she/it strips off present participle stripping off past tense stripped off past participle stripped off 1) a) [intransitive] to take off all your clothes b) [transitive] …   English dictionary

  • strip off — PHRASAL VERB If you strip off your clothes, you take them off. → See also strip 4) [V P n (not pron)] He stripped off his wet clothes and stepped into the shower. [Also V n P] …   English dictionary

  • strip off — phr verb Strip off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑clothes, ↑jeans, ↑mask, ↑paint, ↑varnish, ↑veneer, ↑wallpaper …   Collocations dictionary

  • strip off — 1. Pull off, take off. 2. Cast off …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • strip off —  See tear a strip …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • ˌstrip ˈoff — phrasal verb spoken to take off all your clothes …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit. — tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit. informal rebuke someone angrily. → tear …   English new terms dictionary

  • tear a strip off —    If you tear a strip off someone, you reprimand them severely for doing something wrong.     The teacher tore a strip off Charlie for not doing his homework …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • tear a strip off someone — ► tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit. informal rebuke someone angrily. Main Entry: ↑tear …   English terms dictionary

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