weed out
This page is about the phrasal verb weed out
Meaning
to find and remove people or things that are not needed or wanted
For example
- weed out The new Prime Minister has promised to weed out all the members of the public service who have become lazy or corrupt over the years.
- weed out One of the results of the economic slowdown was that it gave companies an excuse to weed out some of their overpaid executives.
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