strip down

verb3

1. •
   To remove inessentials from.

   • The project had to be stripped down to the core elements in order to hit the budget.
2. •
   To remove a part of something.

   • Yet it was all interesting and the process of being partly responsible for stripping down a locomotive and seeing it take shape again was quite a thrill. — 1944
3. •
   To remove all of one's clothing.

   • As soon as he got home from exercising, Ryan stripped down and took a shower.