to tear sb off a strip
31strip — Ⅰ. strip [1] ► VERB (stripped, stripping) 1) remove all coverings or clothes from. 2) take off one s clothes. 3) leave bare of accessories or fittings. 4) remove (paint) from a surface with solvent. 5) …
32strip — [n] thin piece of material band, banding, bar, belt, billet, bit, fillet, ingot, layer, ribbon, rod, section, segment, shred, slab, slip, stick, stripe, swathe, tape, tongue; concepts 471,834 Ant. whole strip [v] bare, uncover decorticate, denude …
33tear off — Strip, pull off with violence …
34tear strip — noun Etymology: tear (III) : the scored band in a can or added narrow ribbon in a wrapper or on a fiber box that provides an easy and defined way of opening * * * /tair/ a strip or string that is pulled to open a can, box, candy wrapper, etc. * * …
35strip — I. /strɪp / (say strip) verb (stripped or, Rare, stript, stripping) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to deprive or divest: to strip a tree of its fruit. 4. to… …
36tear a strip off — If you tear a strip off someone, you reprimand them severely for doing something wrong. The teacher tore a strip off Charlie for not doing his homework …
37strip — strip1 /strip/, v., stripped or stript, stripping, n. v.t. 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to take away or remove: to strip sheets from the bed. 4. to deprive or divest:… …
38tear a strip off — phrasal Britain : to bawl out : scold * * * tear a strip off ( ● tear …
39strip — [1] Area used for drag racing. [2] Removing tires and wheels, battery, hubcaps and other items of value as done by thieves. See gut. [3] To remove the insulation from a wire. [4] To tear off or break the thread from a screw, bolt, etc., or the… …
40strip — I. v. a. 1. Tear off, pull off, strip off. 2. Uncover, denude, peel, lay bare. 3. Divest, deprive, bereave, despoil, fleece, shave, make destitute. 4. Unrig, dismantle. 5. Rob, plunder, pillage, spoil, sack, ransack, devastate, desolate, lay… …
