United KingdomUnited StatesGeneral Englishneutralinformal
- To remove clothing from oneself or from another person.
- To cause someone to be undressed, often quickly or forcibly.
General Englishneutralinformal
- To remove an outer layer, covering, coating, or surface material from an object or from flesh, skin, or other covering.
General Englishneutralliteraryfigurative
- To discard or abandon an assumed role, disguise, outward characteristic, or superficial quality.
United KingdomUnited Statesinformalcolloquial
- In the fixed expression 'tear a strip off (someone)': to reprimand or scold someone severely.