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strip down ThesaurusVerb | 1. | strip down - get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"discase, disrobe, uncase, undress, strip, unclothe, peeltake off - remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"undress, disinvest, divest, strip - remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!" | Translationsstrip down
strip down1. To remove all or most of one's clothing. When I wrestled in high school, we always stripped down to our underwear—or nothing at all—when we did our weigh-ins. The man was arrested for stripping down in a public place.2. To remove all or most of someone else's clothing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "strip" and "down." I had to strip Daniel down to his underwear in order to wash all that muck off him. The guards stripped down the inmates to check for any weapons or contraband.3. To remove elements or features until something is in a more basic, minimal state. A noun or pronoun can be used between "strip" and "down." In response to the recession, the government has been stripping down most social welfare programs. As they company has largely just become a step in their tax-avoidance chain, they have stripped it down to a single administrative employee.See also: down, stripstrip downto remove one's clothing. The doctor told Joe to strip down for his examination. Joe stripped down for the examination.See also: down, stripstrip downv.1. To reduce something to essential or minimal features: The director decided to strip down the production in order to reduce costs. If you strip them down to their bare essentials, most religions really believe the same things.2. To remove one's clothing: I stripped down and stepped into the shower.3. strip down to To remove layers of one's clothing until only some clothing remains: The models stripped down to their underwear for the photo shoot.4. To remove someone's clothing: The babysitter stripped down the kids and drew the bath water. Airport security guards are authorized to detain suspicious individuals and strip them down for searching.5. strip down to To remove layers of someone's clothing until only some clothing remains: I stripped the children down to their swimsuits so they could play in the water.See also: down, stripstrip down
Synonyms for strip downverb get undressedSynonyms- discase
- disrobe
- uncase
- undress
- strip
- unclothe
- peel
Related Words- take off
- undress
- disinvest
- divest
- strip
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