strip out

verb

To remove (a part from a machine).

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Meanings

verbstrip out (third-person singular simple present strips out, present participle stripping out, simple past and past participle stripped out)

present singular third person strips out · participle present stripping out · participle past stripped out · past stripped out

  1. transitiveTo remove (a part from a machine).

    But there was so much ground to make up and so much corruption to strip out.

    2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian
    1 more example

    At the start, the team removed the sides and the ceiling panels, alongside the seats. They then stripped out the cabling that runs through the carriage. Once that was done, the carriage would be ready for the refit.

    2025 July 23, Richard Wilcock, “A new dawn for the Electrostars”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 27
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APA

strip out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strip%20out

MLA

“strip out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strip%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strip out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strip%20out.

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