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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So to strip away all of that stuff and just do, takes a lot of unlearning.
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Juicing strips away much of the fiber in whole fruits and vegetables, which feeds beneficial bacteria that produce anti-inflammatory compounds such as butyrate.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Some if not all of the delicate salts found at Bennu — similar to what's in the dry lakebeds of California's Mojave Desert and Africa's Sahara — would be stripped away if present in falling meteorites.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
But, in recent years, the utopian sheen has been stripped away, which casts doubt on the idea that social media benefits children enough to outweigh its harms.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Juicing strips away much of the fiber in whole fruits and vegetables, which feeds beneficial bacteria that produce anti-inflammatory compounds such as butyrate.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Some if not all of the delicate salts found at Bennu — similar to what's in the dry lakebeds of California's Mojave Desert and Africa's Sahara — would be stripped away if present in falling meteorites.
—CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
But, in recent years, the utopian sheen has been stripped away, which casts doubt on the idea that social media benefits children enough to outweigh its harms.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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