strip out
strip out verb: to remove (a part from a machine).
Verb
strip out (third-person singular simple present strips out, present participle stripping out, simple past and past participle stripped out)
- To remove (a part from a machine).
- But there was so much ground to make up and so much corruption to strip out.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian
- At the start, the team removed the sides and the ceiling panels, alongside the seats. They then stripped out the cabling that runs through the carriage. Once that was done, the carriage would be ready for the refit.2025 July 23, Richard Wilcock, “A new dawn for the Electrostars”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 27
Forms of strip out
| third-person singular present | strips out |
|---|---|
| present participle | stripping out |
| past participle | stripped out |
| past | stripped out |
Questions about strip out
- What does strip out mean?
- Strip out means to remove (a part from a machine).
- What part of speech is strip out?
- Strip out is a verb.
- What is the past tense of strip out?
- The past tense of strip out is stripped out.
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