strip down
Definition
- Verb (phrasal verb):
- To remove one's clothing; to undress completely or partially: The core meaning refers to the act of taking off clothes.
- To disassemble or reduce something to its basic components: In a mechanical or figurative sense, it means to take something apart or simplify it to its fundamental parts.
Usage and Examples
- Literal meaning (to undress):
- He had to strip down for the medical examination.
- The athlete stripped down to his shorts before the race.
- Mechanical/figurative meaning (to disassemble or simplify):
- The mechanic stripped down the engine to find the problem.
- For this exercise, let's strip down the argument to its core principles.
Advanced Usage
- "to strip something down to the bare essentials": To reduce something to its most fundamental and necessary elements.
- The designer stripped the model down to the bare essentials, focusing only on function.
Variants and Related Words
- Strip (verb): To remove a covering or layer.
- Strip the old paint from the wall.
- Stripped-down (adjective): Describing something that has been reduced to a simple, basic form.
- They lived in a stripped-down cabin with no electricity.
Synonyms
- Undress: To take off clothes.
- Disrobe: A more formal term for undressing.
- Dismantle: To take a machine or structure apart.
- Simplify: To make something less complex.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Strip off: Very similar to "strip down" in the context of removing clothing.
- He stripped off his wet clothes.
- Strip away: To remove layers, often in a figurative sense to reveal something more basic.
- The documentary strips away the myths surrounding the famous leader.
Related Idioms
- Strip down to one's birthday suit: A humorous idiom meaning to get completely naked.
- The dare was to run and strip down to his birthday suit.
Verb
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get undressed
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please don't undress in front of everybody!
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She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
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