weed out

eliminare, scartare

Individuare ed eliminare da un gruppo persone o cose indesiderate o non adatte.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si 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.)

Sinonimi: filter out, remove, eliminate

Espressioni comuni: weed out unsuitable candidates, weed out errors