strip off

To take clothing off or remove a layer covering something.

• She stripped off her wet coat.
• We stripped the wallpaper off the wall.
• Can this tool strip off old paint?

How to use it: strip something off (He stripped the old paper off.); strip something off something (We stripped the paint off the door.)

Similar words: remove, take off, peel off

Common phrases: strip off paint, strip off a coat

To take off all your clothes, or everything except your underwear.

• He stripped off for a shower.
• Everyone stripped off and jumped into the lake.
• You can strip off behind that screen.

Similar words: undress, strip

Opposites: dress

Common phrases: strip off completely, strip off to swim

If a covering does this, it comes away from the surface beneath it.

• The paper strips off easily.
• The old coating stripped off in long pieces.
• Will this paint strip off without damaging the wood?

Similar words: peel off, come off

Common phrases: paint strip off, wallpaper strip off