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What does weed out mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) to remove unwanted elements from a group
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To some people, this will seem an unwarranted naivety about the power of free speech in civil society to weed out cultural oppression.
Multiple offseason minicamps allow teams to weed out the majority of fringe players who demanded practice and game repetitions in the past.
The shark's job is to weed out the weaklings, the ill and the infirm and it is designed for that job.
And they have applauded the role of the local community in helping the police to weed out the troublemakers.
But you can't weed out the bad apples by merely having a national I.D. card.
This allows you to get very specific with your searches and weed out a lot of the cruft that can get in the way of good results.

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