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.

Examples of strip away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The order affects several thousand engineers, scientists and technicians across every NASA center, and strips away long-standing union rights that were emplaced to protect more than half the agency's workforce. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025

This preserved the customization magic that defined the brand while stripping away much of the physical overhead. —Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

Cracker Barrel has been undergoing a $700 million modern revamp, stripping away the old-timey trinkets for a less cluttered look in its restaurants and introducing a new logo. —Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025

Refined grains have their bran and germ, which contain the majority of nutrients, stripped away during processing, leaving behind only the endosperm. —Jillian Kubala, Health, 20 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for strip away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway