strip off
Verb
  1. (transitive) To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.
    • 1713, Alexander Pope translation of Homer Odyssey read at Project Gutenberg ↗
      Strip off thy garments; Neptune's fury brave /With naked strength, and plunge into the wave.
    • 2006, James P. Lewis, Project Planning, Scheduling & Control, A Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in on Time and on Budget, fourth edition
      In addition, if you strip off the overtime, you can't tell that you have problems, as was shown at the beginning of this chapter.
  2. (intransitive, British, idiomatic) To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).
  3. (intransitive) To be removed by stripping
Translations
  • Russian: раздева́ть
Translations Translations
  • Russian: удаляться



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