as in to sharpen
to make sharp or sharper
at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades
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To strop, draw your knife backward from heel to tip.
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Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
The Department of Transportation said the policy was in response to Beijing's refusal to allow a resumption of flights to China by U.S. carriers that stropped flying to China due to U.S. coronavirus restrictions.
—Harold Maass, TheWeek, 4 June 2020
Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves.
—National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
There’s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
The Department of Transportation said the policy was in response to Beijing's refusal to allow a resumption of flights to China by U.S. carriers that stropped flying to China due to U.S. coronavirus restrictions.
—Harold Maass, TheWeek, 4 June 2020
Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves.
—National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
There’s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
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“Strop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strop. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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