strip (down) to
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to remove clothes until you are wearing only a particular thing
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- 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.