strip away

phrasal verb

stripped away also stript away; stripping away; strips away

1

: to remove (something that covers a surface) : to pull pieces of a covering away from a surface

strip away the bark of a tree

2

: to remove (unimportant material) from something

The editor stripped away repetitive sections of the essay.

Examples of strip away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Our current president is overturning our government into an oligarchy, women and femmes are seeing their body autonomy stripped away, and there’s a culture war against trans and LGBTQ+ people. —Melanie Curry, refinery29.com, 17 Feb. 2025

These foods go through multiple processing steps, from stripping away nutrients to mixing in sweeteners, fats, salt, artificial flavors, and emulsifiers to alter taste, texture and shelf life. —Matthew Kadey, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2025

Organic revenues — which strip away the impact of foreign exchange rates, divestitures and calendar changes — rose 8 percent. —Evan Clark, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025

This is a year of refinement and stripping away excess to focus on what truly sustains you. —Colin Bedell, Them, 14 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for strip away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway