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get rid of vs weed out

weed out vs get rid of

get rid of and weed out both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
get rid of No No Yes No
weed out No No Yes No
As verbs, weed out is a hyponym of get rid of; that is, weed out is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than get rid of:
  • get rid of: dispose of
  • weed out: remove unwanted elements
get rid of (verb) weed out (verb)
terminate, end, or take out remove unwanted elements
dispose of
do away with
Difference between get rid of and weed out

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