strip down

• Verbe à particule signifiant retirer tout ou la plus grande partie du revêtement extérieur, des pièces ou des accessoires de quelque chose, ou réduire quelque chose à ses composants essentiels.

A phrasal verb meaning to remove all or most of the outer covering, parts, or accessories from something, or to reduce something to its essential components.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Remove clothinginformal

   To take off all or most of one's clothes.

   se déshabiller

   • He stripped down to his shorts before jumping into the pool.
   • The model stripped down for the photoshoot.
   • She stripped down and put on a swimsuit.

   Synonymesdisrobepeel offstripunclotheundress

   Antonymesclothedress

2. Disassemble or simplifyinformal

   To take apart a machine or object, or to reduce something to its essential components.

   démonter ou réduire à l'essentiel

   • The mechanic stripped down the engine to find the problem.
   • We stripped down the software to its basic functions.
   • He stripped down the old bicycle and rebuilt it.

   Synonymesbreak downdisassembledismantlereducesimplifytake apart

   Antonymesassemblebuildconstruct

Verbe de basestrip