weed sth/sb out
— phrasal verb with weed /wiːd/ verb [I or T]Definition
› to get rid of unwanted things or people from a group: The first round of interviews only really serves to weed out the very weakest of applicants.Removing and getting rid of thingsTaking things away from someone or somewhere
(Definition of weed sth/sb out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- banish verb
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin verb
- cast sb/sth aside/off phrasal verb
- cast sb/sth out phrasal verb
- dump verb (PUT DOWN)
- eliminate verb
- elimination noun
- eradicate verb
- evacuate verb
- expunge verb
- expurgate verb
- flush verb (TOILET)
- junk verb
- scrap verb (THROW AWAY)
- shrug sth off phrasal verb (NOT KEEP)
- shuck sth off phrasal verb
- shuffle sth off phrasal verb
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