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WEED OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weed out mean?
• WEED OUT (verb)
The verb WEED OUT has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: WEED OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove unwanted elements
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
comb out; weed out
Context example:
The new law weeds out the old inequities
Hypernyms (to "weed out" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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