strip naked

idiom

: to remove all one's clothes

Examples of strip naked in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the 1982 issue of The American Bystander, Mr. McConnachie collaborated with the illustrator Frank Springer on a comic strip in which two brothers, playing for rival baseball teams, crash into each other at second base, strip naked and grapple in the style of Olympic-style Greco-Roman wrestlers. Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024 At one point, a young man walking near them was plucked from the crowd and made to strip naked in front of the Israeli soldiers. Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023 He was driven to a roadside cafe, where he was made to strip naked. James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023 If stress is a lifelong affliction, this song suggests the best recourse is to exhale, perhaps strip naked, and let those troubles roll off your bare back. Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023 Within minutes after practice ended, the document states, he was pressured to strip naked and face a gantlet of more than 30 men hurling a barrage of abuse. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023 Previous seasons saw the principal’s son strip naked in front of the entire school and a gay student teach anal douching during recess. Claire Beermann, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023 The lawsuit allegations include naked players in locker rooms forcing freshmen to also strip naked and then perform various acts. Larry Lage, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023 Two teenage boys — one 14 and the other 17 — filed a civil lawsuit claiming that they were ordered to strip naked for a scene, while two other young actors made similar allegations in separate civil suits. Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 6 June 2023

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“Strip naked.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20naked. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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