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weed out

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weed out
vb
(tr, adverb) to separate out, remove, or eliminate (anything unwanted) to weed out troublesome students
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Verb1.weed out - remove unwanted elementsweed out - remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"
get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
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? weed out
vt sep
plantausreißen; flowerbedUnkraut ntjäten in (+dat)
(fig)aussondern


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It is best to the pull the entire weed out, including roots.
But doctors say the system helps weed out unnecessary call-outs from time-wasters.
Pulling this weed out is not an easy task, but if you don''t pull out the entire root it will grow back the following year.
 
 
 
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