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strips down

strips down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strip down.

Meaning of strip down

Verb

strip down (third-person singular simple present strips down, present participle stripping down, simple past and past participle stripped down)

  1. (intransitive) To remove all of one's clothing.
    • As soon as he got home from exercising, Ryan stripped down and took a shower.
  2. (transitive) To remove inessentials from.
    • The project had to be stripped down to the core elements in order to hit the budget.
  3. To remove a part of something.
    • Yet it was all interesting and the process of being partly responsible for stripping down a locomotive and seeing it take shape again was quite a thrill.1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285

Questions about strips down

What is strips down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Strips down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strip down.

Words near strips down in the dictionary

  1. strippogram
  2. strippograms
  3. strippy
  4. strips
  5. strips away
  6. strips down
  7. strips off
  8. strips out
  9. strips to the waist
  10. stript
  11. striptease

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