weed out

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Verb

weed out (third-person singular simple present weeds out, present participle weeding out, simple past and past participle weeded out)

(idiomatic) to remove unwanted elements from a group
To weed out problem users, watch new people's behavior.

Translations

to remove unwanted elements

Chinese:
Mandarin: 清除 (zh) (qīngchú), 剔除 (zh) (tīchú), 淘汰 (zh) (táotài)
Finnish: karsia (fi), kitkeä (fi)
Japanese: 取り除く (torinozoku)

Kurdish:
Sorani: بژار کردن‎ (ku) (bijar kirdin)
Spanish: desbrozar (es)
Swedish: rensa bort, gallra bort

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