strip out

verb

(tr) to remove the working parts of (a machine)
to remove (a chemical or component) from a mixture

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How to use strip out in a sentence

They strip out growth companies get from opening new locations and describe how the core business is doing.
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Then she cuts a strip out of his back, eats up the whole of the viands he has prepared for his companions, and disappears.
Russian Fairy Tales | W. R. S. Ralston
He dug a tender strip out of the centre of a hanging codfish, and walked out.
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman Day
Spread this strip out on some cosmic floor, and you could place upon it side by side 55 globes as large as the earth.
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He spread the strip out once more, smoothing the many creases, and having again run his eye over the letters commenced to read.
With Wolseley to Kumasi | F.S. Brereton

Then he tore a strip out of his jacket and wrapped it around his shoulder as tightly as he could.
Spillthrough | Daniel F. Galouye

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