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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Are 'weed out' used correctly? How are they used?

We need to weed out the option number 1. I do not think it's the right way to solve the problem.

I think this device is mechanically not necessary. We can weed it out.

Are 'weed out' used correctly? How are they used?
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If I'm not mistaken, the expression comes from the process of digging weeds in a plot of grass. This process, of course, involves getting rid of numerous weeds. Therefore, I think that if you have only one thing you are dealing with, a better term might be eliminate or get rid of.

— Philip

  • If I'm not mistaken, the expression comes from the process of digging weeds in a plot of grass.
  • This process, of course, involves getting rid of numerous weeds.
  • Therefore, I think that if you have only one thing you are dealing with, a better term might be eliminate or get rid of.
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If I'm not mistaken, the expression comes from the process of digging weeds in a plot of grass. This process, of course, involves getting rid of numerous weeds. Therefore, I think that if you have only one thing you are dealing with, a better term might be eliminate or get rid of.
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North Korea is carrying out a massive nationwide campaign to weed out "impure elements"
I found this sentence. Is 'weed out' used only this kind of context?

We need to weed out the drug crime.
We need to step up the effort to weed out the political corruption.

are the interchangeable with 'root out' and 'eradicate'?

Thank you.
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It is used in the context of getting rid of somethng undesirable.
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