weed out

eliminar, descartar

Identificar y eliminar de un grupo a las personas o cosas no deseadas o inadecuadas.

En inglés sencillo: To find and remove people or things that are unwanted or unsuitable in a group.

• We need to weed out the errors.
• The first interview weeded out unsuitable applicants.
• Can this software weed out duplicate photos?

Cómo se usa: weed out something / weed something out (We need to weed the duplicate entries out.); weed someone/something out of something (The test weeds unsuitable candidates out of the applicant pool.)

Sinónimos: filter out, remove, eliminate

Expresiones frecuentes: weed out unsuitable candidates, weed out errors