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comb out

vb (tr, adverb)

1. (Hairdressing & Grooming) to remove (tangles or knots) from (the hair) with a comb

2. to isolate and remove for a purpose

3. to survey carefully; examine systematically

(Hairdressing & Grooming) an act of combing out

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Verb	1.	comb out - remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities" weed out get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
	2.	comb out - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" comb, disentangle sleek down, slick down, slick - give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair" fluff, tease - ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"

Translations

w>comb out

vt sep

hair → auskämmen

mistakes → ausmerzen; useless stuff → aussortieren

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Then she drove on the geese, and sat down again in the meadow, and began to comb out her hair as before; and Curdken ran up to her, and wanted to take hold of it; but she cried out quickly:

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And I remember watching my dad take his comb out of his back pocket to touch up on things as the day wore on and thinking, "One day, I'll be doing that".