weed out

phrasal verb

weeded out; weeding out; weeds out

: to remove (people or things that are not wanted) from a group

They will review the applications to weed out the less qualified candidates.

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That leads insurers to weed out care that’s not medically necessary or not backed by scientific evidence, which helps increase their profit margins. —

Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024 Among the changes in the past few years, the retailer weeded out weak private labels, differentiated the ones that matter, and added new private labels to fill merchandise voids such as Xersion for active. —

David Moin, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024 Covid taught kitchens, to be creative with less, to lean on ingenuity; and to weed out the unnecessary. —

Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 These guys have weeded out the mid-range jumper in favor of ultra-efficiency on and off the ball. —

Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for weed out