1 B1 neutral
To remove all fixtures, fittings, or internal components from a building or room.
"The builders stripped out the old kitchen completely before installing the new one."
separable
strip out
B2 neutral separable transitive
To remove something completely from a structure, system, or set of data, often by taking out all instances or components.
In plain English
Take everything out of something, or remove all the parts you don't want.
What does "strip out" mean?
3 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
2 B2 neutral
To remove specific elements from data, a text, or a system in order to isolate or clean it.
"The programmer wrote a script to strip out all the HTML tags from the document."
separable
3 C1 idiomatic formal
To exclude a particular factor or variable when analysing statistics or financial data.
"If you strip out the effect of inflation, the real wage growth is actually quite modest."
separable
Literal vs figurative
Words literally mean
To strip (remove) something out of a place — pulling pieces out until nothing remains.
Actually means
Take everything out of something, or remove all the parts you don't want.
Usage tip
Used in construction (removing fixtures), data processing (removing unwanted characters or fields), and finance (stripping out variables for analysis). Common in British and American English alike.
Words that pair with "strip out"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
costs fixtures data features fittings variables
How to conjugate "strip out"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
strip out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
strips out
he/she/it
Past simple
striped out
yesterday
Past participle
striped out
have + pp
-ing form
striping out
continuous
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