weed out

vb (tr, adverb) to separate out, remove, or eliminate (anything unwanted): to weed out troublesome students.

Thesaurus

Verb

weed out - remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"comb outget rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

Translations

清除

weed

(wiːd) noun any wild plant, especially when growing among cultivated plants or where it is not wanted. The garden is full of weeds.杂草 verb to remove weeds (from). to weed the garden.除草ˈweedkiller noun a chemical etc used to kill weeds. 除草剂weed out to remove (things which are unwanted) from a group or collection. 清除

weed out

To remove one or multiple undesirable things from a group. A noun or pronoun can be used between "weed" and "out." The military uses stringent standards to weed out unqualified enlistees. We need to weed all of these bugs out before we go live.See also: out, weed

weed someone or something out

Fig. to remove someone or something unwanted or undesirable from a group or collection. (Fig. on removing weeds from the soil.) We had to weed the less productive workers out one by one. The auditions were held to weed out the actors with the least ability. I'm going through my books to weed out those that I don't need anymore.See also: out, weed

weed 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] See also: out, weed

weed out

v.1. To remove some weeds: We weeded out the clover. The gardener weeded the dandelions out.2. To separate or get rid of some unfit or undesirable part; eliminate someone or something: The interviewers weeded out most of the applicants. The coach weeded the weaker players out.See also: out, weed

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verb remove unwanted elements

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