We had to weed the less productive workers out one by one.
•The auditions were held to weed out the actors with the least ability.
•I'm going through my books to weed out those that I don't need anymore.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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 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 something/someone out — ISOLATE, separate out, sort out, sift out, winnow out, filter out, set apart, segregate; eliminate, get rid of, remove; informal lose. → weed … Useful english dictionary
root out — verb 1. pull up by or as if by the roots (Freq. 1) uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden • Syn: ↑uproot, ↑extirpate, ↑deracinate • Derivationally related forms: ↑deracination ( … Useful english dictionary
Advising someone — There are many ways of giving someone advice. In conversation, or in informal writing such as letters to friends, you can use I should , I would , or I d . I have someone here for you. I should come and pick him up straight away. I would try to… … Useful english dictionary
advising someone — There are many ways of giving someone advice. In conversation, or in informal writing such as letters to friends, you can use I should , I would , or I d . I have someone here for you. I should come and pick him up straight away. I would try to… … Useful english dictionary
take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… … Useful english dictionary
The Gene Krupa Story — Infobox Film name = The Gene Krupa Story caption = director = Don Weis producer = Philip A. Waxman writer = Orin Jannings starring = Sal Mineo Susan Kohner James Darren Susan Oliver music = Leith Stevens cinematography = editing = distributor =… … Wikipedia
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
