strip down to
strip down to (something)
1. To remove all or nearly all one's clothes, leaving only bare skin or some minimal articles or levels of clothing. She stripped down to her undergarments and jumped into the lake. I had to strip down to my boxers for the physical exam. We all stripped to the skin before stepping into the hot tub.
2. To remove someone else's clothes, leaving only bare skin or some minimal articles or levels of clothing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "strip" and "down." I had to strip Daniel down to his underwear in order to wash all that muck off him. The guards stripped the prisoner down to his socks to make sure he didn't have any weapons or contraband on him.
3. To remove all of the clothes above a certain point on one's body, typically one's waist. She stripped down to the waist so the doctor could examine her heartbeat and breathing.
4. To remove all of the clothes someone is wearing above a certain point on their body, typically the waist. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "strip" and "down." They stripped me down to my waist so that the chemicals on my shirt wouldn't burn my skin.
See also: down, strip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
strip someone or something down to something
and strip someone or something downto remove the covering of someone or something down to the lowest level. The emergency room nurse stripped the unconscious patient down to his shorts. He stripped down the patient to his underwear. He stripped the patient down.
See also: down, strip
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- strip down to (something)
- strip to
- strip to (something)
- hang a BA
- hang a BA (at someone)
- hang a BA at someone
- moon
- Ba
- intimate apparel
- fender bender