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Collocations for strip - noun

1. long, narrow piece

ADJECTIVE

long
narrow, thin, tiny
thick, wide
Cut the meat into thick strips.
plastic
magnetic
a card with a magnetic strip on the back
chicken (esp. AmE)
grilled chicken strips
test
The kit contains five test strips.
rumble (BrE)
The road has speed bumps, crash barriers and rumble strips.
coastal
landing
This aircraft requires a good-sized landing strip.

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strip + NOUN

steak (AmE)

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PREPOSITION

in strips
The wallpaper can then be torn off in strips.
strip of
a narrow strip of leather

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PHRASES

cut sth into strips, tear sth into strips

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2. taking clothes off

strip + NOUN

bar, club, joint (esp. AmE)
show
poker
search

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Collocations for strip - verb

1. take off your/sb's clothes

PREPOSITION

off
We stripped off and went for a swim.
(down) to
Office workers stripped down to their shirtsleeves in the heatwave.

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PHRASES

strip (sb) naked
He was stripped naked and left alone in a cell.
strip to the waist
He stripped to the waist and began to dig.

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2. take sth away

ADVERB

completely
away, off, out
Strip out any damaged wiring.

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PREPOSITION

from
The bark is stripped from the trees by hand.
of
The president had been completely stripped of power.
off
We stripped all the paint off the walls.

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PHRASES

strip sth bare
The room had been stripped bare by the thieves.

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Strip is used with these nouns as the object:
bark, bed, flesh, paint, varnish, veneer, wallpaper

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