strip away
phrasal verb
stripped away also stript away; stripping away; strips away
1
: to remove (something that covers a surface) : to pull pieces of a covering away from a surface
strip away the bark of a tree
2
: to remove (unimportant material) from something
The editor stripped away repetitive sections of the essay.
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Michelle’s corporate skin, like her hair, is eventually stripped away.
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
What is no longer in alignment with your truth will be stripped away so that something authentic can take root.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
That diversity has been stripped away.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
But Daryl's being stripped away of all these things.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
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Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
What is no longer in alignment with your truth will be stripped away so that something authentic can take root.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
That diversity has been stripped away.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
But Daryl's being stripped away of all these things.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for strip away
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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