to tear sb off a strip
11tear a strip off someone — tear someone off a strip/tear a strip off someone/british informal phrase to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong Thesaurus: to criticize stronglysynonym to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym Main entry …
12tear a strip off somebody — tear sb ˈoff a strip | tear a ˈstrip off sb idiom (BrE, informal) to speak angrily to sb who has done sth wrong Main entry: ↑tearidiom …
13tear — tear1 W3S3 [tıə US tır] n 1.) [C usually plural] a drop of salty liquid that comes out of your eye when you are crying ▪ The children were all in tears . ▪ She came home in floods of tears . ▪ I could see that Sam was close to tears . ▪ Bridget… …
14strip — [[t]strɪ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ strips, stripping, stripped 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it. ...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them …
15tear — 1 noun 1 (C) a drop of salty liquid that flows from your eye when you are crying: Tears just rolled down his face. | tear stained cheeks | (be) in tears (=crying): My wife actually broke down in tears telling me. | burst into tears (=suddenly… …
16tear — I UK [teə(r)] / US [ter] verb Word forms tear : present tense I/you/we/they tear he/she/it tears present participle tearing past tense tore UK [tɔː(r)] / US [tɔr] past participle torn UK [tɔː(r)n] / US [tɔrn] ** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to …
17strip — 1 verb stripped, stripping 1 TAKE OFF CLOTHES also strip off (I, T) to take off your clothes or take off someone else s clothes: Jack stripped off and jumped into the shower. | strip sb: The police stripped us all, looking for drugs. | stripped… …
18strip — strip1 [strıp] v past tense and past participle stripped present participle stripping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take off clothes)¦ 2¦(remove)¦ 3¦(engines/equipment)¦ 4¦(building/ship etc)¦ 5¦(damage)¦ Phrasal verbs strip something<=>away strip somebod …
19tear — tear1 [tɛ:] verb (past tore; past participle torn) 1》 pull or rip apart or to pieces. ↘make a hole or split in. ↘damage (a muscle or ligament) by overstretching it. ↘(tear something down) demolish something. 2》 (tear something apart)… …
20strip — 1. v. & n. v. (stripped, stripping) 1 tr. (often foll. by of) remove the clothes or covering from (a person or thing). 2 intr. (often foll. by off) undress oneself. 3 tr. (often foll. by of) deprive (a person) of property or titles. 4 tr. leave… …
