Collocations for "strip"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "strip" in context.
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strip
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- strip for [money, a living]
- strip for [him, the party]
- strips at [the club, a nightclub, a bar]
- strip his [clothes, shirt] off
- stripped off her [clothes]
- UK: strip off and let me [examine, see]
- UK: stripped off and [ran, dove, covered]
- stripped down [naked, to his underwear]
- was stripped and searched
- strip through the [streets, mall, campus]
- strip a [bolt, screw]
- strip down the [car, house] (for parts)
- strip away the [paint, outer layer]
- strip [fruit, a banana]
- strip the [sheets, covers]
- was stripped of his [medal, record, title]
- stripped of [her, all] dignity
- a [blue, gold, long, thin, cloth, fabric] strip
- [an adhesive, a plastic, a sealable, a leather] strip
- in [vertical, horizontal, diagonal] strips
- the [airport, plane, runway, landing] strip
- on the tourist strip
- a [comic, video] strip
- she [did, performed] a strip
- the team wears a blue [home, away] strip
- a strip of [cloth, tape, fabric, paper]
- a [little, narrow, wide] strip of land
- strip [poker, lingerie, joint]
'strip' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):