weed out

éliminer, écarter

Repérer et retirer d'un groupe les personnes ou les choses indésirables ou inadaptées.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : filter out, remove, eliminate

Expressions courantes : weed out unsuitable candidates, weed out errors