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.

Examples of weed out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Washington pols on both sides of the aisle need to tighten oversight and weed out fraud in its nascent stages. —Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025

Detractors have identified programs that many Americans do not widely support; and these can be weeded out through a variety of approaches like matching funds. —Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025

According to the team, more research is needed to weed out how other variables affect the adolescent microbiome. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025

States also are trying to do more to find out what’s in utility forecasts and weed out speculative or duplicative projects. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for weed out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout