1
as in to strip
to remove clothing from
I quickly undressed myself and pulled on a set of dry clothes
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as in to expose
to reveal the true nature of
a self-styled financial investor who was eventually undressed as a con artist running a pyramid scheme
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Recent Examples of undress
Marner starts by undressing Parker Wotherspoon and then threads a pass that Knies can hammer home.
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Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 27 Apr. 2024
The new version places Beyoncé, dressed in the brand’s Essential Sporty T-shirt and 501 ’90s jeans, undressing down to Levi’s boxer shorts.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
The scene in question sees Gere’s Edward undressing Roberts’ Vivian atop a hotel piano.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
The Illinois native put her dance skills to the test and finished off undressing from her white kicks, bedazzled jeans and Braves cap.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 27 Apr. 2024
The new version places Beyoncé, dressed in the brand’s Essential Sporty T-shirt and 501 ’90s jeans, undressing down to Levi’s boxer shorts.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
The scene in question sees Gere’s Edward undressing Roberts’ Vivian atop a hotel piano.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
The Illinois native put her dance skills to the test and finished off undressing from her white kicks, bedazzled jeans and Braves cap.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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The epoch of reionization describes the period from 680 million years to 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang, during which high-energy light began to strip electrons away from hydrogen ions, allowing light to travel freely once more.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Within an hour, the New York State Athletic Commission stripped him of his title and any license to fight in the state; other state boards quickly followed suit.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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Cryotherapy exposes your body to extremely cold temperatures, aiding post-exercise recovery.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Naturally, she was exposed to a cornucopia of different genres and sounds, inspiring her to make her own material.—
Kyle Eustice,
SPIN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Over the next few years, the Victoria’s Secret runway show became the Met Ball of the disrobed.—
Danielle Pergament,
Allure,
16 Oct. 2024
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The girl was in jail garb; the family has said the girl was asked to disrobe to put on the attire but refused to take off certain items.—
Darcie Moran,
Detroit Free Press,
23 Oct. 2024
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Trying to uncover precisely where the idea that Jennifer Aniston and Barack Obama are in a relationship came from is a tough, if borderline impossible, task.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Then, the researchers used telescopes at the W. M. Keck and Gemini observatories in Hawaii to uncover more details about the ancient, dead galaxy where no new stars are being formed.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Undress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undress. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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