Phrase guide

strip off

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 1713, Alexander Pope translation of Homer Odyssey read at Project Gutenberg Strip off thy garments; Neptune's fury brave / With naked strength, and plunge into the wave.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, idiomatic, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To be removed by stripping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qoparmaq — to remove by stripping
  • Czech: stáhnout — to remove by stripping
  • Irish: lom — to remove by stripping
  • Irish: rúisc — to remove by stripping
  • Irish: scamh — to remove by stripping
  • Irish: nocht — to remove by stripping
  • Irish: scoith — to remove by stripping
  • Latin: dēstringō — to remove by stripping
  • Māori: pīokaoka — to remove by stripping
  • Māori: karikari — to remove by stripping
  • Russian: раздева́ть (razdevátʹ) — to remove by stripping
  • Russian: отодра́ть (otodrátʹ) — to remove by stripping
  • French: déshabiller — to remove one's clothes
  • French: se déshabiller — to remove one's clothes
  • Russian: раздева́ться (razdevátʹsja) — to remove one's clothes
  • Russian: удаляться (udaljatʹsja) — to be removed by stripping