weed out

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weed out

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

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Verb

weed out - remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

comb out

get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

Translations

يُزيل، يَقْتَلِع

luge ud i

aussondern

losa viî, grisja

luke ut

defetmektemizlemek

清除

w>weed out

vt sep

plant → ausreißen; flowerbed → Unkraut nt → jäten in (+dat)

(fig) → aussondern

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weed

(wiːd) noun

any wild plant, especially when growing among cultivated plants or where it is not wanted. The garden is full of weeds.

verb

to remove weeds (from). to weed the garden.

ˈweedkiller noun

a chemical etc used to kill weeds.

weed out

to remove (things which are unwanted) from a group or collection.

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