strip out
Britishverb
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(tr) to remove the working parts of (a machine)
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to remove (a chemical or component) from a mixture
Example Sentences
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Louise Haigh, Burnham's deputy, has vowed to "strip out needless bureaucracy" from government more generally, citing an example of there being three public consultations between 2019 and 2023 on whether to microchip cats.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Munden, who saw Peter Brook’s 1963 film adaptation before reading the book, asked Thorne to strip out some dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Inflation in Canada accelerated in March, by 2.4%, although that was less than expected, while other gauges indicated that core prices—which strip out volatile items like food and energy—were mostly contained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
He also signaled interest in judging inflation by trimmed-mean measures, which strip out outliers among measured categories of goods and services.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
He dug a tender strip out of the centre of a hanging codfish, and walked out.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day
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