strip sth away

strip sth away
UK US strip sth away
Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] (-pp-)
to get rid of something that is considered not to be necessary: »

Stripping away layers of bureaucracy would release the extra money necessary to develop services that patients really need.

to remove a large amount of money, for example from a budget, so that there is less to spend: »

Most of their profits have been stripped away by competitors.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • strip sth from sb/sth — UK US strip sth from sb/sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: »The Commons vote tonight is to reinstate proposals… …   Financial and business terms

  • strip sth from sth — UK US strip sth from sb/sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: »The Commons vote tonight is to reinstate proposals… …   Financial and business terms

  • strip sth from sb — UK US strip sth from sb/sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone or something, especially something that is considered to be important: »The Commons vote tonight is to reinstate proposals… …   Financial and business terms

  • strip sth of sth — UK US strip sb/sth of sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone, sometimes in a way that seems unfair or dishonest: be stripped of sth »About 40,000 people may be stripped of their pensions… …   Financial and business terms

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  • strip sb/sth of sth — UK US strip sb/sth of sth Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to take something away from someone, sometimes in a way that seems unfair or dishonest: be stripped of sth »About 40,000 people may be stripped of their pensions… …   Financial and business terms

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  • tear — tear1 W3S3 [tıə US tır] n 1.) [C usually plural] a drop of salty liquid that comes out of your eye when you are crying ▪ The children were all in tears . ▪ She came home in floods of tears . ▪ I could see that Sam was close to tears . ▪ Bridget… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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