- take a strip off
- scold, lecture, give you hell
The foreman took a strip off me for driving too fast. He was mad.
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take a strip off
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strip off — (informal) To take one s clothes off • • • Main Entry: ↑strip … Useful english dictionary
strip off — phrasal verb Word forms strip off : present tense I/you/we/they strip off he/she/it strips off present participle stripping off past tense stripped off past participle stripped off 1) a) [intransitive] to take off all your clothes b) [transitive] … English dictionary
strip off — PHRASAL VERB If you strip off your clothes, you take them off. → See also strip 4) [V P n (not pron)] He stripped off his wet clothes and stepped into the shower. [Also V n P] … English dictionary
strip off — 1. Pull off, take off. 2. Cast off … New dictionary of synonyms
ˌstrip ˈoff — phrasal verb spoken to take off all your clothes … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
strip — strip1 [strip] vt. stripped, stripping [ME strepen < OE stripan, akin to streifen, to strip off < IE * streub < base * ster , to streak, stroke > STRIKE] 1. to remove (the clothing or covering) of or from (a person); make naked;… … English World dictionary
strip club — noun One which regularly features striptease artists • • • Main Entry: ↑strip * * * strip club UK US noun [countable] [singular strip club plural strip clubs … Useful english dictionary
strip joint — noun (informal) A strip club • • • Main Entry: ↑strip * * * strip joint UK US noun [countable] [singular strip joint plural s … Useful english dictionary
strip — strip1 [strıp] v past tense and past participle stripped present participle stripping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take off clothes)¦ 2¦(remove)¦ 3¦(engines/equipment)¦ 4¦(building/ship etc)¦ 5¦(damage)¦ Phrasal verbs strip something<=>away strip somebod … Dictionary of contemporary English
strip — 1 verb stripped, stripping 1 TAKE OFF CLOTHES also strip off (I, T) to take off your clothes or take off someone else s clothes: Jack stripped off and jumped into the shower. | strip sb: The police stripped us all, looking for drugs. | stripped… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
