0 to gradually reduce something important or something that has existed for a long time: --
1 to get rid of something that is considered not to be necessary: --
2 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.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.