Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - weed out
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Weed out
weed out
If you weed out things or people that are useless or unwanted in a group, you find them and get rid of them. He is keen to weed out the many applicants he believes may be frauds... A small group of neo-Nazis have infiltrated the ranks. We must weed them out as soon as possible. = root out PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
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{v.} 1. To remove what is unwanted, harmful, or not good enough from. * /Mother weeded out the library because there were too many books./ * /Many colleges and universities weed out their freshman classes to make room for better students./ 2. To take (what is not wanted) from a collection or group; remove (a part) for the purpose of improving a collection or group; get rid of. * /The coach is weeding out the weak players this week./ * /The teacher told Elizabeth to read over her English composition and weed out every sentence that was not about the subject./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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