filter out

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filter out

filter through

(intr, adverb) to become known gradually; leak: rumours filtered out about the divorce.

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filter out - remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"

filter, filtrate, separate out, strain

separate - divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

Translations

w>filter out

vi (people) → einer nach dem anderen herausgehen; (news) → durchsickern

vt sep (lit) → herausfiltern; (fig) → heraussieben

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