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Meaning: (transitive)To remove anything bystripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.1713,Alexander Popetranslation ofHomerOdysseyread atProject GutenbergStrip offthy garments; Neptune's fury brave / With naked strength, and plunge into the wave.1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 19, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and hestripped offhis tunic at once.2006, James Mills Hill,I Have Been Blessed!: Hard Work and Happiness:We cut down pine trees and then had tostrip offall the bark.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 youstrip offthe overtime, you can't tell that you have problems, as was shown at the beginning of this chapter.2006, William Scarborough,Baked Alaskan:Victor sat on a rock and tried tostrip offhis waders, his body shaking so much that he couldn't get a decent grip.; (intransitive,British,Ireland,idiomatic)To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).1847, John Sanderson,The American in Paris:Your trees of Pine Hill, which persevere in being green the year round, do not please so much as those whichstrip offin November,and put on their green and flowery robes in April.1871, Clinton Carter Hutchinson,Resources of Kansas: Fifteen Years Experience:A night when youstrip offand sit down to gasp and pant for a breath of air; such a night is never experienced in Kansas.2006, Ernest Millington,Was That Really Me?:I cannot remember whose idea it was that we shouldstrip offto our underclothing and go into the coolness of the stream.2006, Mike Edwards,Friendly Fire:The other recruits started to undress where they stood but Ledanseur was too embarrassed tostrip offin front of his new comrades. He went into the shower block and undressed there.; (intransitive)To be removed by stripping1864, Robert Jennings,Sheep, Swine, and Poultry:The feathersstrip offmuch more easily and cleanly while the bird is yet warm.2005, Chris Baines,How To Make A Wildlife Garden:On an old plant, this tends tostrip offin long, tough, stringy lumps, a bit like short lengths of raffia.
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