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Phrase(s): strip to something to take off one’s clothing down to a particular level, usually to one’s skin, the waist, or some euphemistic way of expressing nudity or near nudity. • Tom stripped to the waist and continued to labor in the hot sun. • Tom stripped to the bare essentials and got ready to be examined by the doctor.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs