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Remove unwanted elements
"The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities";
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| 2. comb out [ Synonyms: comb, disentangle] | |
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Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
"comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool";
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