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• weed out someone — 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 something — 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 — (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 — Weed out, v. t. to selectively remove; same as {weed[2]}, v. t.; of things that are useless or harmful. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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