weed out (someone/something)

to remove someone or something not wanted.

The school needs to weed out wasteful spending.

You need to be able to weed people out if they can't do a good job.

• on no account must someone do
• on no account must someone do something
• on no account should do
• on no account should do something
• on no account should someone do
• on no account should someone do something
• on occasion
• on order
• on own
• on own account
• on own head be it
• on own hook
• on own time
• on pain of
• on pain of death
• on pain of something
• on paper
• on person
• on pins and needles
• on principle
• on purpose
• on radar
• on radar screen
• on record
• on safe ground