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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Meanwhile, experts told Newsweek that stripping away TPS from thousands of Ukrainians could disrupt the economy.
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
The new iPhone 16e sits alongside the rest of the iPhone 16 family, stripping away features to make the $599 entry-level price.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Rather than a repackaging of an old iPhone, the 16e is the latest main iPhone—that is, the iPhone 16—with a bunch of stuff stripped away.
—Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
From policy and speeches to Friday’s blowup in the Oval Office with the president of Ukraine, everything Trump is doing and saying, and everything his vice president is saying and doing, is ruthlessly stripping away pretenses around the United States, its alliances and the situation in the world.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
The new iPhone 16e sits alongside the rest of the iPhone 16 family, stripping away features to make the $599 entry-level price.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Rather than a repackaging of an old iPhone, the 16e is the latest main iPhone—that is, the iPhone 16—with a bunch of stuff stripped away.
—Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2025
From policy and speeches to Friday’s blowup in the Oval Office with the president of Ukraine, everything Trump is doing and saying, and everything his vice president is saying and doing, is ruthlessly stripping away pretenses around the United States, its alliances and the situation in the world.
—Ross Douthat, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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