Weed out
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weed out — (someone/something) to remove someone or something not wanted. The school needs to weed out wasteful spending. You need to be able to weed people out if they can t do a good job … New idioms dictionary
weed out — index diminish, eliminate (eradicate), eradicate, expel, extirpate, lessen, reject, select … Law dictionary
weed out — verb remove unwanted elements (Freq. 2) The company weeded out the incompetent people The new law weeds out the old inequities • Syn: ↑comb out • Derivationally related forms: ↑comb out (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Weed Out! — Infobox Album | Name = Weed Out (Live at the Old Melbourne Hotel) Type = Live Artist = The Stems Released = 1997 Recorded = Genre = Alternative rock Length = Label = House Of Wax Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = Buds (1991) This album =… … Wikipedia
weed out — PHRASAL VERB If you weed out things or people that are useless or unwanted in a group, you find them and get rid of them. [V P n (not pron)] He is keen to weed out the many applicants he believes may be frauds... [V n P] A small group of neo… … English dictionary
weed out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms weed out : present tense I/you/we/they weed out he/she/it weeds out present participle weeding out past tense weeded out past participle weeded out to remove a person or thing that is not suitable or good… … English dictionary
weed out — {v.} 1. To remove what is unwanted, harmful, or not good enough from. * /Mother weeded out the library because there were too many books./ * /Many colleges and universities weed out their freshman classes to make room for better students./ 2. To… … Dictionary of American idioms
weed out — {v.} 1. To remove what is unwanted, harmful, or not good enough from. * /Mother weeded out the library because there were too many books./ * /Many colleges and universities weed out their freshman classes to make room for better students./ 2. To… … Dictionary of American idioms
weed\ out — v 1. To remove what is unwanted, harmful, or not good enough from. Mother weeded out the library because there were too many books. Many colleges and universities weed out their freshman classes to make room for better students. 2. To take (what… … Словарь американских идиом
weed out — v. (D; tr.) to weed out from * * * (D; tr.) to weed out from … Combinatory dictionary
