单词 | weed out |
释义 | weed outSEE SYNONYMS FOR weed out ON THESAURUS.COM verb(tr, adverb) to separate out, remove, or eliminate (anything unwanted)to weed out troublesome students Words nearby weed outwee, weed, weed cutter, weeder, weed-killer, weed out, weeds, weedy, Wee Free, wee hours, week Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with weed outweed out Eliminate as inferior, unsuited, or unwanted, as in She was asked to weed out the unqualified applicants. This expression transfers removing weeds from a garden to removing unwanted elements from other enterprises. [First half of 1500s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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