filter out
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filter out
orfilter through
vb
(intr, adverb) to become known gradually; leak: rumours filtered out about the divorce.
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Verb | 1. | filter out - remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff" |
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w>filter out
vi (people) → einer nach dem anderen herausgehen; (news) → durchsickern
vt sep (lit) → herausfiltern; (fig) → heraussieben
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