tear somebody off a strip Idiom, Proverb

strip mall

a row of stores with a small parking lot in front Does the Langdale strip mall have a video store?

stripped

(See bare bones)

take a strip off

scold, lecture, give you hell The foreman took a strip off me for driving too fast. He was mad.

tear a strip off

scold, lecture, criticize, give you hell Kasan's father tore a strip off him for missing a day of school.

strip down

take sth．to pieces 拆下
He is never happier than when he is stripping down the car．没有比拆卸车子更能使他开心的了。
We'll have to strip down the mechanism to trace the fault．只有把机械装置拆开才能找出毛病。

strip of

rob of 抢劫；剥去
The thieves stripped the house of its valuables．小偷偷走了房间里的贵重物品。
Man has been stripped of his superstitions by science．科学使人破除迷信。

strip off

1．take one's clothes off 脱去衣服
She stripped off and went for a swim．她脱了衣服去游泳。
2．remove 剥去（伪装）
Sham is sham and the mask must be stripped off．假的就是假的，伪装应当剥去。
The workmen stripped the old paper off the walls．工人们把墙上的旧纸撕掉。

Stars and stripes

The stars and stripes is the American flag.

drag strip|drag|strip

n., slang A place where drag races are held. Before the race Paul loaded his racer onto the trailer to take it out of town to the drag strip for the race.
Compare: DRAG RACE.

midfield stripe|midfield|stripe

n. The line across the center of a football field; the 50-yard line. The visitors were able to cross the midfield stripe once during the whole game.

tear addition off a strip

To scold, upbraid, or admonishment addition actual severely, as for an absurdity or wrongdoing. The abecedary absolutely tore me off a band for causing a disruption in chic again.Learn more: off, someone, strip, tear

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tear a ˈstrip off somebody

(British English, informal) criticize somebody because you are affronted about article they accept said or done: The bang-up tore all the agents off a band for application the Internet for claimed affairs during appointment hours.Learn more: off, somebody, strip, tear

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