strip down

verb

Definitions

  1. To remove all of one's clothing.

    • As soon as he got home from exercising, Ryan stripped down and took a shower.
  2. To remove inessentials from.

    • The project had to be stripped down to the core elements in order to hit the budget.
  3. To remove a part of something.

    • Yet it was all interesting and the process of being partly responsible for stripping down a locomotive and seeing it take shape again was quite a thrill.
    • Southern officers are conceding that the operation may involve stripping right down to underframes.

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