strip (down) to

Frequency: 6.07.0 per million words

to remove clothes until you are wearing only a particular thing

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Examples (10)

  • Office workers stripped down to their shirtsleeves in the heatwave.
  • He stripped to the waist and began to dig.
  • The athlete stripped down to his running shorts before the race.
  • She had to strip down to her underwear for the medical examination.
  • The soldiers stripped to their t-shirts to perform the heavy lifting.
  • It was so hot that we all stripped down to our swimsuits.
  • He stripped down to his vest to fix the leaking pipe.
  • The actors stripped down to their basics for the costume change.
  • You might need to strip down to your base layer if you start sweating while hiking.
  • After a long day at work, he stripped down to his pajamas immediately.